The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (0-1) visit the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils (1-0) Thursday in Durham, North Carolina. Tip at Cameron Indoor Stadium is 8 p.m. ET. Let's analyze NCAA basketball odds around the Coastal Carolina vs. Duke odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.
Coastal Carolina opened its season with a 71-70 (Under 142.5) loss as a 1.5-point favorite against the Eastern Michigan Eagles Monday. G Trey Perry scored 20 points in his Chanticleers debut. EMU made 6 free throws in the final 23 seconds to secure the road victory.
Duke (-44.5) defeated Army 84-50 (Under 157.5) to open its season Monday. The Blue Devils forced 24 turnovers and converted them into 29 points, as they prevailed on home
hardwood for a 33rd consecutive game.
Duke won the only previous meeting between the programs, defeating CCU 74-49 in Durham in 2009.
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Coastal Carolina at Duke odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): Coastal Carolina +41.5 (-115) | Duke -41.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 147.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Coastal Carolina at Duke picks and predictions
Prediction
Duke 86, Coastal Carolina 57
Moneyline
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Against the spread
Coastal is 5-1 ATS over its last 6 games as a road underdog. Last season, the Chanticleers went 4-1 ATS across their first 5 lined games. In its last 7 games lined as a favorite of 17 points or more, Duke is 2-5 ATS.
Last season, CCU went 11-3 over its last 14 regular-season games, and the 3 setbacks were by a combined 11 points. Coach Justin Gray's Chanticleers of recent vintage have been able to rebound a bit, and they had a nice opener against Eastern Michigan, grabbing 14 offensive boards as part of an overall plus-8 on the glass. Coastal will likely need to improve on a 7 of 24 3-point shooting performance from that opener if it wants to pester the Blue Devils.
But figure on those Devils maybe having an eye cast toward their next game -- Tuesday vs. the No. 6 Michigan State Spartans -- and on the visitors staying close enough is a slow-tempo contest. Duke is just 3-8 ATS over its last 11 home games. The Devils had 3 similar potential look-ahead games last November-December: they went 1-2 ATS in those contests.
Duke went just 4 of 22 (18.2%) from beyond the arc in its opener.
TAKE COASTAL CAROLINA +41.5 (-115).
Over/Under
The Under cashed in the Duke-Army game and has prevailed in 13 of Duke's last 20 games.
Both sides have expected pace figures that settle as slow-to-moderate. A cruising Duke win likely does not burn fast at the tail end. Last November, the Devils were favored by 30-plus points 5 times. The Under went 4-1.
The UNDER 147.5 (-110) is the value end of this one.
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