Wake Forest vs Duke 1/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Duke Blue Devils and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons meet in college basketball action from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night.

The Duke Blue Devils come into this game on the heels of their 76-74 loss at the hands of Miami in their last game. Paolo Banchero leads Duke in scoring and rebounding with 17.3 PPG and 7.3 RPG while Wendell Moore Jr. has 16 PPG with 5.9 RPG and 4.9 APG to lead the Blue Devils in assists. Trevor Keels has 12.2 PPG with 2.8 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Duke so far this season while Jeremy Roach also has 9 PPG and 3 APG as well this season. As a team, Duke is averaging 83.3 PPG on 48.5% shooting from the field, 36% from three and 74.7% from the foul line while allowing 64.7 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field and 31% from three this season.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons will look to build on a 77-74 OT win over Syracuse last time out. Alondes Williams leads the Demon Deacons in scoring, rebounding and assists with 20.4 PPG, 6.7 RPG and 5.1 APG while Jake LaRavia has 14.9 PPG with 6.2 RPG and 3.4 APG. Daivien Williamson has 12.9 PPG while Isaiah Mucius has 10.3 PPG as well for Wake Forest as well to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Wake Forest so far this season. As a team, Wake Forest is averaging 80 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 72.9% from the foul line while allowing 68.6 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field and 31.3% from three.

Duke is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 4-11 ATS in their last 15 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record. Wake Forest is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 Wednesday games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 home games.

I get the allure of the points with Wake Forest at home here, but the reality is that there may be depth issues for Wake here with Williamson potentially missing this game and I just think that the Miami game was more about Miami winning it than Duke losing it. I think the Blue Devils are probably the better team here and will end up winning this one so I’ll lay the reasonable number with the Blue Devils in a lean.