Losses are losses but it should at least be noted that N.C. State\u2019s 4 conference losses are by a total of just 7 points. \u00a0Losing to Wake Forest was inexcusable this season but the others are acceptable, even if they do bury the Wolfpack in 5th place in the ACC. <\/p>\n
N.C State Wolfpack (16-6) vs. #4 Duke Blue Devils (19-2)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s CBB Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Next up is Duke who they walloped at home earlier this season. \u00a0If they can beat them again they should yo-yo back into the rankings.<\/p>\n They have their flaws but it is hard not to like the makeup of this N.C. State team. \u00a0As the season has progressed forward C.J. Leslie has asserted himself more himself as a scorer, \u00a0leading a group of 5 starters that all average in double figures. \u00a0Even more amazing is that three of those players are shooting better than 55% from the field. <\/p>\n They had no trouble scoring against Duke the last time out.<\/p>\n I know Cameron presents a true home court advantage but given the recent win over Duke and N.C. State\u2019s ability to play close games I don\u2019t know how you can not be on their side in this one. \u00a0To me they are the more talented and deeper team to boot. This one seems off to me so hit it hard.<\/p>\n After losing to N.C. State you can bet that Duke, and their fans, were looking forward to this game. \u00a0The Blue Devils are in second place in the conference but the gap between them and the top team – Miami – is widening, and if they lose again they could be in 5th by the end of the week. \u00a0[ad-6571516]<\/p>\n Even though they still have just two losses the conversation surrounding this Duke team is one that might have peaked too early.<\/p>\n The same could be said for top player Mason Plumlee. \u00a0One month into the season he looked like the top candidate for player of the year now he just looks like a good player making the improvements that seniors should. \u00a0The Blue Devils really miss fellow big man Ryan Kelly a lot as they can not get all the things he did from one player. The dynamics are off making this team beatable, especially on the road.<\/p>\n As stated above this number seems off to me and Duke hasn\u2019t been cashing much at the window either – just 12-9 ATS. \u00a0I am guessing some are down on N.C. State but I am down on the Dookies too. \u00a0I don\u2019t think the home court is going to be enough to get this bunch to that kind of a victory. \u00a0In fact I think they are ripe for another upset.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: N.C. State +10.5 Wolfpack vs Blue Devils CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping Losses are losses but it should at least be noted that N.C. State\u2019s 4 conference losses are by a total of just 7 points. \u00a0Losing to Wake Forest was inexcusable this season but the others are acceptable, even if they do bury the Wolfpack in 5th place in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":25458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[6986,1477,4631,2482,7054,58049,4210,4694,8994],"class_list":["post-59859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-cbb-free-picks","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-nc-state-wolfpack","tag-nc-state-wolfpack-vs-duke-blue-devils","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-wolfpack-vs-blue-devils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59859"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59888,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59859\/revisions\/59888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Thursday Feb 7<\/strong>
\n Cameron Indoor Stadium – Durham, NC<\/strong>
\n 9:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed.<\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Duke -10.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0No O\/U currently listed at Bovada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nN.C State<\/h3>\n
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Duke<\/h3>\n
\nO\/U Pick:
\nScore Prediction: N.C. State 72 – Duke 70<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"