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Duke vs Miami (FL) Prediction 1/14/25 College Basketball Picks Today

Miami (FL) (4-12) vs. Duke (14-2)
January 14, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Duke -23; Over/Under: 147.5
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The Miami Hurricanes and the Duke Blue Devils meet Tuesday 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 Miami (FL) Prediction.

Miami Recap

The Miami Hurricanes come into this game looking to bounce back from an 88-78 loss to Wake Forest last time out to fall to 4-12 on the year. After this game, the Hurricanes will head home for a matchup with SMU.


Hurricanes Lose 5th In A Row

Entering the game against Wake Forest, Nijel Pack leads the Hurricanes in scoring and assists with 13.9 PPG and 4.3 APG while Lynn Kidd has 11.1 PPG along with a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead the Hurricanes on the glass up to this point in the year and Matthew Cleveland has 12.9 PPG with 4.6 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Miami up to this point in the year. Jalen Blackmon has 8.7 PPG while Brandon Johnson has 8.3 PPG with 6.9 RPG. As a team, Miami is averaging 77.5 PPG on 47.7% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three, and 77.2% from the foul line this season.

Duke Recap

The Duke Blue Devils come into this game looking to build on their 86-78 win over Notre Dame last time out to improve to 14-2 on the year. Duke will meet Boston College, Wake Forest, NC State, North Carolina, and Syracuse after this game.

Blue Devils Riding Double-Digit Win Streak

Going into the game against Notre Dame, Cooper Flagg leads Duke across the board in scoring, rebounding, and assists with 17.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG, and 3.7 APG while Kon Kneuppel has 12.7 PPG with 3.5 RPG and 2.7 APG as well this season. Tyrese Proctor has 11.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Duke so far this season. Isaiah Evans has 7.8 PPG while Sion James has 8 PPG with 4.6 RPG and Khaman Maluach has 8.1 PPG with 5.6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Duke is averaging 80 PPG on 47.5% shooting from the field, 36.8% from three, and 74.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Duke Blue Devils will win

  • Miami (FL) has lost each of its last 15 games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
  • Duke has won each of its last 15 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Total Points Facts

  • Nine of Miami (FL)’s last 10 night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 146 or fewer points.
  • Nine of Duke’s last 10 night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 146 or fewer points.

Duke vs Miami (FL) Prediction

I’m with Miami here. I wanted to get there with Duke, and I do think that Duke is the better team playing with more motivation by a mile. However, Miami’s at a point where their chances of any postseason action are numbered, and games against teams like Duke are probably going to be the equivalent of a Super Bowl/National Championship kind of game and I think we could see a herculean effort here from the ‘Canes. It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Duke came in and blew Miami’s doors off, but the ‘Canes still have some talent and I think they battle here. Give me the ’Canes and the points.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Miami +23

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Chris Ruffolo

Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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