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College basketball betting action sees the Elon Phoenix taking on the 2nd ranked Duke Blue Devils December 15th at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Cappers Picks provides free NCAAB basketball handicapping tips all season long.
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Elon Phoenix (5-4) vs. #2 Duke Blue Devils (8-0)
Venue/ Stadium: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Time/Date: 7 PM December 24, 2014
NBA Betting Odds
NBA Betting Point Spread: Duke -32
NBA Betting Over/Under: OFF
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On the season Elon is 4-1 ATS and they have an O/U record of 1-0 and Duke is 6-2 ATS and they have an O/U record of 4-2.
This season Duke is 4-0 at home and Elon is 1-2 on the road.
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In their last games Duke beat Wisconsin 80-70 and Elon lost to Missouri 78-73.
Duke has not played since December 3rd when they took down, then, 2nd ranked Wisconsin and they are HUGE home favorites facing Elon tonight. The Phoenix have a tall order tonight facing a Duke team that has won 38 straight games and in their house have not lost to a non-conference foe in 114 games.
The Phoenix D will be tested tonight facing a Duke squad that ranks 2nd in the nation in both points per game and team FG%.
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Elon is 0-20 all time facing top 25 teams. They are getting 32 points tonight, which is obviously a lot, but they are 0-3 all time facing Duke losing by an average of 38.7 ppg. These team met last December and Duke crushed Elon 86-48.
While the deck is stacked against the Phoenix they did have a pretty soli dgame in the loss at Missouri where they almost came back from a 19-point halftime deficit.
The Phoenix will have to deal with Duke’s 3 freshman averaging in double figures in Jahlil Okafor at (17.1) ppg, who is 2nd in the ACC with a 64.6 shooting percentage, Justise Winslow (12.0 ppg) and Tyus Jones (10.5 ppg). The Blue Devils are a young and staked team and it helps that they have senior leadership at the PG position in Quinn Cook (15.3 ppg).
The Phoenix have 3 players averaging in double figures led by Luke Eddy, who came off the bench to score 27 points in the loss to Missouri.
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Elon only shot 35.8% in the loss to Missouri and they have to shoot the rock better tonight, They play solid perimeter D leading their conference in 3-pt defense, but in order to not get blown out they will have to slow the pace of the game and shoot a high FG%.
NCAAB Betting Trends
* Elon is 7-0 ATS in their last 7 road games.
* Elon is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
* Duke is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. win.
* Duke is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 non-conference games.
4* Cappers NCAAB Free Pick
Elon has played 2 teams from major conferences this season and while they lost both each was close and the Phoenix covered the spread in both.
They will not win tonight by a long shot, but Duke will not play their starters the whole game and the Blue Devils will easily win, but the Phoenix will cover on the road again.
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