Duke Blue Devils –5.5 at Maryland Terrapins
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Duke Blue Devils recovered from an ugly first half to beat the Maryland Terrapins 93-84 in the 2007-2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball at Comcast Center Sunday night.
NCAA oddsmakers gave Duke Blue Devils –5.5 against the home team Maryland Terrapins. Duke Blue Devils won the game and the spread with the help of Blue Devils senior DeMarcus Nelson, who scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half.
Gerald Henderson added 23 for Duke Blue Devils, which had not trailed by more than six points in any game before falling behind 51-42 at halftime. Blue Devils senior DeMarcus Nelson leading the way, the Blue Devils (17-1, 5-0 ACC) turned in a surgical performance in a hostile environment over the final 20 minutes to earn their seventh straight win.
“DeMarcus led us so well, he was strong in every sense of the word. We kind of rode him. He just gave our team the strength that it needed.” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Duke Blue Devils shot 53 percent in the second half, outrebounded the taller Terrapins 22-15 and outscored Maryland 51-33.
College Basketball Results: Duke Blue Devils –8.5 at Virginia Tech Hokies
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Duke Blue Devils overcame the –8.5 point spread as they trounced Virginia Tech Hokies 81-64 at Cassell Coliseum in the 2007-2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball.
It was a great win for the Duke Blue Devils, who does not only won the game but also the spread. Duke Blue Devils stalwart Kyle Singler scored 10 of his 16 points during an 18-9 run in the second half.
“It was important to keep the crowd out of it,” Duke Blue Devils Kyle Singler said. “Whenever you’re playing away from home, it’s definitely hostile and a difficult environment.”
Duke Blue Devils Kyle Singler answered Virginia Tech Hokies A.D Vassallo’s 3-pointer with one of his own, then had three of the Blue Devils’ next four baskets as they built a 53-45 lead. The Blue Devils answered by scoring the next seven points, one on a free throw by Blue Devils Kyle Singler after Deron Washington was called for an intentional foul for pushing Blue Devils Kyle Singler after a defensive rebound by Duke.
NCAA Basketball Betting Results: Duke Blue Devils over Virginia Cavaliers 87-65
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Duke Blue Devils breezed past Virginia Cavaliers 87-65 Sunday night to improve their record 13-1 in the 2007-2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball.
Duke Blue Devils guard DeMarcus Nelson scored 20 points and waxed hot from downtown who went 3-of-4 from 3-point range and. Duke Blue Devils has won 10 of 11 in the series.
Duke Blue Devils guard Gerald Henderson added 18 points and Blue Devils’ forward Kyle Singler scored 13 for the Blue Devils. Duke Blue Devils shot better than 50 percent, never trailed, led by double figures for the entire second half, hit 11 3-pointers and shut down Virginia’s perimeter game.
“We knew that they were a 3-point shooting team, especially in transition,” Blue Devils guard DeMarcus Nelson said. “We felt they were going to take a lot of 3s, so our job was just to rebound those long misses when they did occur, and then push it, because we knew that their defensive balance was going to be bad [by] taking perimeter shots.”
NCAA Basketball Betting: Duke Blue Devils Beat Temple 74-64
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Duke -13.5 at Temple
No. 9 ranked Duke Blue Devils were impressive in their game against the Temple Owls, dominating all throughout and coming up with a 74-64 victory on the Temple home court at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Duke looked all set to cover the -13.5 point spread, going up by 16 points at the end of the first-half with a score of 39 to 23. However, Duke stepped off the gas pedal on the 2nd half, and were outscored by Temple 41-35 in order to bring the final score to 74-64 in favor of Duke. While the Duke Blue Devils win the game against Temple straight up, the 10 point margin at the end of regulation will not be enough to cover the -13.5 point spread. Sports bettors on Duke lose ATS against Temple.
NCAA Basketball Betting: Cornell Big Red at Duke Blue Devils -30
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Duke 81, Cornell 67
Cornell Big Red at Duke Blue Devils -30
A -30 point spread for the Duke Blue Devils against the Cornell Big Red is a very serious handicap. Even before the start of the game, the outcome was already certain that the Duke Blue Devils (10-1) would win their NCAA basketball game against the Cornell Big Red (6-4). But then, a -30 point spread kept the sportsbetting odds very interesting, and certainly most bets would fly the way of Cornell Big Red. After all, covering 30 points against the spread is not an easy task. That kind of point spread is something that the USA Basketball team can cover easily with big stars like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony in the starting five.
And while the Duke Blue Devils might have some future all-stars in its line-up, it’s a no-brainer that there was no way that they would cover a -30 point spread considering that Duke averaged 86.8 points scoring as opposed to Cornell’s 78.9 points per game. Add also the fact that Cornell have been playing some good basketball, winning its last 2 games against Quinnipac and Stony Brook despite playing away.
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