Duke vs California Prediction 2/12/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Cal Golden Bears and the Duke Blue Devils meet Wednesday in college basketball action from Cameron Indoor Stadium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Duke vs California Prediction.

Cal Recap

The Cal Golden Bears come into this game looking to bounce back from a 76-66 loss to Wake Forest last time out to fall to 12-12 on the year. After this game, Cal will head on the road for a game against Georgia Tech.

Golden Bears Lose 3 Of Last 4

Andrej Stojakovic has a team-high 17.9 PPG with 4.5 RPG while Jovan Blacksher Jr. has 11.3 PPG with 2.3 RPG and a team-high 2.4 APG to lead the Golden Bears in assists. Jeremiah Wilkinson has 13.8 PPG while BJ Omot has 10.8 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Cal so far this season. Mady Sissoko leads Cal on the glass with a team-high 7.7 RPG and Rytis Petraitis has 7.9 PPG with 5.4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Cal is averaging 74.8 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 31.6% from three-point range, and 75.6% from the foul line this season.

Duke Recap

The Duke Blue Devils come into this game looking to bounce back from a 77-71 loss to Clemson last time out to fall to 20-3 on the year. After this game, Duke will welcome Stanford to town.

Blue Devils Coming Off Of First Conference Loss

Cooper Flagg leads Duke across the board in scoring, rebounding, and assists with 19.5 PPG, 7.7 RPG, and 4 APG while Kon Kneuppel has 13.5 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 2.5 APG as well this season. Tyrese Proctor has 11.5 PPG with 3.4 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Duke so far this season. Isaiah Evans has 6.7 PPG while Sion James has 7.9 PPG with 4 RPG and Khaman Maluach has 7.8 PPG with 6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Duke is averaging 80 PPG on 47.9% shooting from the field, 37.4% from three, and 76.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Duke Blue Devils will win

• California has lost each of its last 22 games against Top 10 AP-ranked opponents.
• Duke has won each of its last 18 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Duke vs California Prediction

I’m on the over in this game. I can easily make a case for both sides here, as this is a huge line but Duke could cover it and we’ve seen Cal get crushed in some spots already but this is also a decent Cal team that could show some fight here. Duke’s averaging around 80 PPG in conference play and I think that’s attainable for the Blue Devils here which would mean we’d need about 65 points to hit the over and that’s a number Cal has hit with regularity for the most part in conference play. Give me the over in this one.