Wake Forest vs. Duke Odds, Picks, Predictions College Basketball: Who Will Win This ACC Battle?

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons travel to face the Duke Blue Devils for an ACC clash on Tuesday. Read on for our Wake Forest vs. Duke college basketball picks based on the top NCAAB odds.

A pair of teams in the middle of the ACC leaderboard are set to face off inside Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.

Wake Forest (14-8, 6-5 ACC) is hoping to end a three-game skid on the road, while Duke (15-6, 6-4 ACC) has alternated wins during a 2-2 stretch over its last four outings.

Here is our best Wake Forest vs. Duke college basketball pick (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

Wake Forest vs. Duke game info

Date: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, NC

Wake Forest vs. Duke odds

Duke opened as an 8-point favorite and that’s where the spread has remained as of Tuesday morning. The total opened at 149 and has since plummeted to 146.5 across most of our top-rated sportsbooks.

So far this season, Wake Forest is 12-10 against the spread with a 16-6 clip to the Over. Duke is 8-13 ATS and 8-13 to the Over on the year.

Wake Forest vs. Duke pick

Wake Forest-Duke Over 146.5 (-110 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐

The initial number of 149 had it right, in my opinion, as I thought this total should be around 150 for this game. Ken Pomeroy projects a 78-70 win for Duke, while Bart Torvik projects a 77-70 victory for the home team. Both would be enough to help us cash this Over ticket.

Duke held Georgia Tech to just 43 points last time out, but Jon Scheyer’s squad ranks 37th in adjusted defensive efficiency in the country. Wake Forest is 167th in adjusted defensive efficiency and 29th in offensive efficiency, a combination that has led to 11 consecutive Overs since Dec. 17.

The Blue Devils are the best offensive-rebounding team in the country with a rebound rate of 38.6%, which should give them ample opportunity for second-chance buckets. Wake Forest has hit at least seven 3-pointers in a dozen consecutive games, which bodes well against a Duke team that ranks 289th in 3-point defense via ShotQuality’s metrics.

Duke is a slow-tempo team, so we would play this total up to only 147.5 before electing to pass on this game entirely. It is also why this is just a three-star pick, rather than having the confidence that a four-star bet warrants.

Wake Forest vs. Duke best odds

DraftKings (-110)

Four of our five top-rated sportsbooks are sitting at 146.5 at the time of this writing, so we have plenty of options for where we want to place our bet. We have defaulted to DraftKings in this case, but remember to shop around for the best number at all times.

Wake Forest-Duke pick made 1/31/2023 at 10:45 a.m. ET.

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