The Kentucky Wildcats (2-0) go up against the Duke Blue Devils (2-0) at State Farm Arena on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. The game begins at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN. Below, we investigate the Duke vs. Kentucky odds and lines ahead of this contest.
The Blue Devils enter their game against the Wildcats as a 5.5-point favorite. The game features an over/under of 159.5.
Duke compiled a 21-14-1 record against the spread last season. Kentucky went 17-15-1 ATS last season.
Before watching this matchup, here is what you need to know about Tuesday’s college hoops action.
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How to watch Duke vs. Kentucky
- Game day: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Game time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
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Kentucky at Duke odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Duke -5.5
- Total: 159.5
- Moneyline: Duke -240, Kentucky +195
Duke vs. Kentucky prediction
Duke 88, Kentucky 76
Moneyline
Duke
- Duke won 22 of the 29 games it was favored on the moneyline last season (75.9%).
- The Blue Devils went 18-4 last year (winning 81.8% of their games) when they played as a moneyline favorite of -240 or shorter.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, Duke has an implied win probability of 70.6%.
Kentucky
- Last season, Kentucky won five out of the seven games in which it was the underdog.
- The Wildcats were 2-1 last season when entering a game as an underdog by +195 or more on the moneyline.
- Kentucky has a 33.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- Duke won 21 games against the spread last season, while failing to cover or pushing 15 times.
- Kentucky compiled a 17-15-1 record against the spread last year.
- Last year, the Blue Devils put up 78.6 points per game, just 1.1 fewer points than the 79.7 the Wildcats allowed.
- Duke had a 9-4-1 record against the spread and a 13-1 record overall last season when scoring more than 79.7 points.
- When Kentucky allowed fewer than 78.6 points last season, it went 10-4-1 against the spread and 14-1 overall.
- The Wildcats’ 89.0 points per game last year were 22.7 more points than the 66.3 the Blue Devils gave up.
- Kentucky put together a 17-12 ATS record and a 22-7 overall record last season in games it scored more than 66.3 points.
- Duke’s record was 18-11-1 against the spread and 24-6 overall when it gave up fewer than 89.0 points last season.
- The Blue Devils outscored their opponents by a total of 443 points last season (12.3 points per game on average), and the Wildcats put up 308 more points than their opponents on the year (9.3 per game).
Over/Under
- The Blue Devils had an average implied point total of 79.2 last season, which is 3.8 points lower than their implied total in Tuesday’s game (83).
- Last season, Duke outscored its implied point total for this matchup (83) 12 times.
- The Wildcats’ average implied point total last season (84.9 points) is 7.9 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (77 points).
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