College Basketball Betting: #5 Duke vs Maryland Odds

The #5 ranked Duke Blue Devils will be looking to get back on track after their Sunday upset loss at St. John’s as they take on the Maryland Terrapins tonight with a telecast on ESPN scheduled to tip-off at 9:00pm EST. Duke has opened at online sportsbooks as a 4.5-point road college basketball betting favorite vs Maryland for this ACC showdown with an over/under total of 149. Duke has a record of 19-2 straight up and 10-10 against the spread in college basketball odds with an over/under mark of 12-8 OVER the total.

The Blue Devils have covered 4 of their 6 lined road games with 4 of those games going OVER the total. Duke was caught off guard at St. John’s on Sunday and lost 93-78 as they failed to cover the college basketball betting spread for the 5th time in 7 games while going OVER the total for the 4th time in 5 games. Duke is the 4th highest scoring team in the nation led by Nolan Smith’s 21-points and 5.6 assists per game. Kyle Singler has averaged 18-points per game while Kyrie Irvine has popped in 17.4-points per game. Maryland has a record of 14-7 straight up and 8-8 against the spread in college basketball odds.

The Terrapins have paid out in just 2 out of 8 home games. Maryland has an over/under mark of 5-10 UNDER the college basketball betting total including 3-4 UNDER the number at home. The Terps are coming off a 74-63 payout at Georgia Tech on Sunday. Jordan Williams leads Maryland with 17.1-points and 11.9-rebounds per game. Duke is a dangerous 14-6 against the spread in college basketball odds after coming off a failure to cover the spread while Maryland is 2-6 against the spread at sportsbooks in their last 8 games that follow a payout. The Duke vs Maryland match-up has gone UNDER the total in 7 of their last 8 match-ups.

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