Syracuse Orange vs. Duke Blue Devils betting & March Madness tips

Syracuse Orange (23-13 SU 17-17 ATS) vs. Duke Blue Devils (28-7 SU 22-11 ATS)
DATE: 9:37 PM ET Friday March 23 on CBS
LINE: Duke -11.5 Over/Under 133 points

Syracuse was the last team invited to the Big Dance, but they have made the most of their invite, taking out the Midwest Region’s 3rd seed in Michigan State, who many penciled in to win the whole tournament.

The Orange have one of the lowest-scoring teams in the nation, but its defence is ranked 12th and in their three games in the tournament they have held opponents to an average of just 53.7 ppg.

Duke has breezed into the Sweet 16 after winning each of their first two games by at least 22 points. This game is all about offense vs. defense, as the Orange have a great D and will face a Blue Devils squad that ranks 6th in the nation in ppg. Late in the regular season at home Duke beat Syracuse 60-44 and held the Orange to a FG% of only 31.5%.

In their games held at a neutral site this season Syracuse is 5-2 and Duke is 7-1.

Syracuse vs. Duke key betting trends

• Syracuse is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games.
• Syracuse is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games facing a team with a winning record.
• Syracuse has an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
• Duke is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games.
• Duke is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games facing a team with a winning record.
• Duke has an Under record of 8-2 in their last 10 games.

In their last game Syracuse beat the 3rd seed Michigan State 55-53. They did not have the best shooting game with a FG% of 35.7% and they were cold from 3-pt land, but they held Michigan State to only 25.8% from the field. the Orange won the game even though they gave up a whopping 29 offensive rebounds while only grabbing seven. Tyus Battle led Syracuse with 17 points on only 4/15 shooting, Oshae Brissett had 15 points and nine rebounds, and Frank Howard had 13 points. These three players are the three leading scorers on the season each averaging over 14 ppg led by Battle (19.3 ppg), who has only totaled 24 points on 7/27 shooting in his last two games.

Duke beat Rhode Island in their last game outscoring them by 17 points in the first half and shooting 56.9% from the floor while holding the Rams to 36.8% shooting. star freshman Marvin Bagley III led Duke going for 22 points on 8/10 shooting with nine rebounds, Gary Trent Jr. had 18 points, and all five starters for the Blue Devils went for double figures. Bagley III leads five players for the team averaging at least 10 ppg on the season, he has scored 22 points in each of the two Big Dance games, and in the win over Syracuse in the regular season he scored 19 points on solid 8/9 shooting and also had seven rebounds.

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Syracuse Orange vs. Duke Blue Devils betting prediction

Tough call in this one, as while Cuse was crushed by Duke late in the season that game was on the road and the Orange have played great defense in the tournament.

While the Blue Devils will win this game they will not cover the -11.5 spread at Bovada.