Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/03/25
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Wake Forest vs Duke Pickswise Expert Predictions
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (20-9) will play their final road game of the season on Monday night when they travel to Cameron Indoor to play the Duke Blue Devils (26-3). Duke has won 6 straight, and 5 of those wins were by at least 20 points. Meanwhile, Wake Forest has lost 2 of its last 3, but won its last game by 3 points at home against Notre Dame. These teams have played once this season already, and it was Duke that won in Winston-Salem. However, it wasn’t a walk in the park for the Blue Devils. They let their 15-point first-half lead slip away and faced a 6-point deficit with about 9 minutes to play. Duke scored less than 1 point per possession in the game, connecting on fewer than 30% of their 32 three-point attempts. Defensively, the Blue Devils held the Deacons to 0.82 points per possession and just 3/18 from the perimeter.
Playing at home for the final time this season, it’s hard to imagine Duke putting up another dud offensively against Wake. The Blue Devils have a 57.9% effective field-goal percentage at home, and this unit has been on a roll of late. Duke has scored at least 97 points in 4 of its last 5 games and rates in the 100th percentile in multiple offensive categories over its last 5 games, including offensive rating, effective field-goal percentage and turnover rate. Wake will counter with a defense that is playing well below its season-long output, as the Deacons are in the 12th percentile in defensive rating over their last 5 games (CBB Analytics). Look for Duke to control this one from beginning to end.
Wake Forest vs Duke prediction: Duke -19.5 (-120) available at time of publishing. Playable to 22.
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