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Wake Forest vs Duke Prediction 1/25/25 College Basketball Picks Today

Duke (16-2) vs. Wake Forest (15-4)
January 25, 2025 4:30 pm EDT
The Line: Wake Forest +11; Over/Under: 136
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The Duke Blue Devils and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Lawrence Joel Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Wake Forest vs Duke Prediction.

Duke Recap

The Duke Blue Devils come into this game looking to keep the momentum rolling after an 88-63 win over Boston College last time out to improve to 16-2 on the year. After this game, Duke will head home for a couple of in-state rivalry games, starting with NC State.


Blue Devils Looking To Remain Unbeaten In Conference Play

Cooper Flagg leads Duke across the board in scoring, rebounding and assists with 19.2 PPG, 8.1 RPG and 4.1 APG while Kon Kneuppel has 12.7 PPG with 3.3 RPG and 2.7 APG as well this season. Tyrese Proctor has 11 PPG with 3.4 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 7.5 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 3.1 APG and Khaman Maluach has 8.9 PPG with 6.3 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Duke is averaging 81.3 PPG on 48.5% shooting from the field, 37.5% from three and 76.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the Duke Blue Devils will win

  • Wake Forest has lost each of its last 16 games against Top 5 AP-ranked opponents.
  • Duke has won each of its last 14 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Wake Forest Recap

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons come into this game looking to keep the momentum going after a 67-66 win over North Carolina last time out to improve to 15-4 on the year. After this game, Wake Forest will head on the road to square off against Louisville.

Demon Deacons Win 6th In A Row

Hunter Sallis leads the Demon Deacons in scoring with 19.2 PPG along with 4.5 RPG and 2.8 APG while Cameron Hildreth has 14.2 PPG with 4.2 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Demon Deacons in assists. Tre’Von Spillers also has 10.4 PPG with a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Demon Deacons on the glass and to round out the scoring in double figures for Wake Forest up to this point in the year and Efton Reid III has 7.9 PPG with 5.7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Wake Forest is averaging 70.7 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 28.1% from three and 75.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the Wake Forest Demon Deacons will win

  • Wake Forest has won each of its last 10 games at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Wake Forest vs Duke Prediction

I’m on Duke here. The Blue Devils have quickly distanced themselves as the team to beat in the ACC, and I’m not really interested in getting the business of fading the Blue Devils who are far and away the best team in the ACC. Wake Forest is a good team without question, but we’ve seen the Blue Devils do more against better than what they’re up against here and I think that Duke can snag the win and cover here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Duke -11

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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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