Duke vs Tennessee NCAA Tournament Second Round odds, tips and betting trends
Watch the No. 5 seed Duke Blue Devils (27-8) attempt to secure a place in the Sweet 16 in an NCAA Tournament Round of 32 matchup against the No. 4 seed Tennessee Volunteers (24-10) on Saturday at Amway Center, starting at 2:40 PM on CBS.
The Blue Devils, who are favored by 3 points, are set to face off against the Volunteers. The over/under for the game is set at 126.
Duke’s record against the spread so far this season is 16-19-0, while Tennessee’s is 17-17-0. A total of 14 out of the Blue Devils’ games this season have hit the over, and 14 of the Volunteers’ games have gone over. The two teams score an average of 144 points per game, 18 more points than this matchup’s total. Duke has a 7-3 record against the spread while going 10-0 overall in the last 10 games. Tennessee has gone 4-6 against the spread and 5-5 overall in its last 10 games.
Get ready for this matchup with what you need to know before Saturday’s college basketball action.
How to watch Duke vs. Tennessee
- Game Day: Saturday, March 18, 2023
- Game Time: 2:40 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS
Find out how to watch for free with fuboTV.
Duke at Tennessee odds, spread and lines
- Spread: Duke -3
- Total: 126
- Moneyline: Duke -179, Tennessee +152
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Duke vs. Tennessee prediction
Tennessee 67, Duke 65
Moneyline
- Duke has a 25-5 record in games when it was listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 83.3% of those games).
- The Blue Devils are 20-2 (winning 90.9% of their games) when they have played as a moneyline favorite of -179 or shorter.
- Duke has an implied moneyline win probability of 64.2% in this contest.
- This season, Tennessee has been listed as the underdog in three games and failed to win any of those contests.
- The Volunteers have entered four games this season as the underdog by +152 or more and won each of those games.
- Tennessee has a 39.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- Duke has covered 16 times in 35 chances against the spread this season.
- Tennessee has covered 17 times in 34 chances against the spread this year.
- The 72.6 points per game the Blue Devils average are 14.7 more points than the Volunteers allow (57.9).
- Duke is 12-17 against the spread and 22-7 overall when scoring more than 57.9 points.
- Tennessee is 16-11 against the spread and 22-5 overall when giving up fewer than 72.6 points.
- The Volunteers score 7.8 more points per game (71.4) than the Blue Devils allow their opponents to score (63.6).
- Tennessee has put together a 16-8 ATS record and a 19-5 overall record in games it scores more than 63.6 points.
- Duke’s record is 11-12 against the spread and 21-2 overall when it gives up fewer than 71.4 points.
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Over/Under
- The Blue Devils’ average implied point total this season is 10.1 more points than their implied total in Saturday’s game (75.1 implied points on average compared to 65 implied points in this game).
- This season, Duke has totaled more than 65 points in a game 25 times.
- The Volunteers’ average implied point total on the season (73.3 points) is 11.3 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (62 points).
- This year, Tennessee has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (62) 28 times.
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