Play: Notre Dame +1.5 -110
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Reasoning: The Irish are very good but they also have fight in them. They have won four straight and have erased deficits of 12 or more points in three of those victories. Notre Dame (19-2 overall, 7-1 ACC) defeated Duke 79-77 in its conference debut last season, and the Irish are off to their best 21-game start since 1973-74. They have the nation's most-efficient offense with the best assist-to-turnover ratio (Notre Dame: 1.72, National Average: 0.98). The Irish have four guys who can knock down threes and with moving the ball so well on offense that could spell doom for the 2-3 zone defense that the Blue Devils have employed over their last three games. Notre Dame shoots better than Duke (52.1%, second-best in the country) and it leads the league in three-point shooting (40.0% and 9.0 made threes per game). Jerian Grant is the leading scorer for the ACC's highest-scoring offense (81.9 ppg). Grant missed last season's win over the Blue Devils because of academic suspension. The Irish play better defense, are better from the line and they can hang with Duke in the rebounding department. Also, could the Blue Devils be ripe for a letdown after getting Mike Krzyzewski his 1,000th win on Sunday? Notre Dame is outscoring opponents by 23.6 ppg at home.
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Reasoning: The Irish are very good but they also have fight in them. They have won four straight and have erased deficits of 12 or more points in three of those victories. Notre Dame (19-2 overall, 7-1 ACC) defeated Duke 79-77 in its conference debut last season, and the Irish are off to their best 21-game start since 1973-74. They have the nation's most-efficient offense with the best assist-to-turnover ratio (Notre Dame: 1.72, National Average: 0.98). The Irish have four guys who can knock down threes and with moving the ball so well on offense that could spell doom for the 2-3 zone defense that the Blue Devils have employed over their last three games. Notre Dame shoots better than Duke (52.1%, second-best in the country) and it leads the league in three-point shooting (40.0% and 9.0 made threes per game). Jerian Grant is the leading scorer for the ACC's highest-scoring offense (81.9 ppg). Grant missed last season's win over the Blue Devils because of academic suspension. The Irish play better defense, are better from the line and they can hang with Duke in the rebounding department. Also, could the Blue Devils be ripe for a letdown after getting Mike Krzyzewski his 1,000th win on Sunday? Notre Dame is outscoring opponents by 23.6 ppg at home.
Record: 259-194-9 (57.2%)
Bankroll: +183.88%
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