Duke Blue Devils vs Syracuse Orange Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 02/26/2022

Game Time: 6:00 pm ET, Saturday, February 26, 2022

Venue:  Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Duke -7, Syracuse +7; Over/Under:  152 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Duke -7.5, Syracuse +7.5; Over/Under:  151.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Duke -7.5, Syracuse +7.5; Over/Under:  151.5 points

 

Duke Blue Devils:  24-4 (1st place, ACC)

Syracuse Orange:  15-13 (8th place, ACC)

 

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Duke Blue Devils:  5-0 last 5

Syracuse Orange:  3-2 last 5

 

 

 

Duke is coming into this game with a 24-4 record overall and they are 7-2 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their 18th conference matchup of the year and they are currently 14-3 in their conference games this season. They have won 10 of their last 11 games and are coming into this one on a 5 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Virginia Cavaliers while their 5 wins since then came against the Clemson Tigers, the Boston College Eagles, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, the Florida State Seminoles, and Virginia in their last game. Jeremy Roach led the team in points in that game with 15 while AJ Griffin and Trevor Keels were both next on the team with 13 points each. Paolo Banchero led the team in assists in that game with 5 while Mark Williams led the team in rebounds with 10. They were 48% from the field, 41.2% from 3-point range, and 58.8% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 79.5 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 65.1 PPG against them. Duke has an ATS record of 15-11-2 this season and their O/U record is 13-14-1.

 

 

Syracuse is coming into this game with a 15-13 record overall and they are 11-3 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. This will be the 18th conference matchup on their schedule this year and they are currently 9-8 in their conference games this season. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Boston College Eagles and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets while their loss came against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in their last game. Jimmy Boeheim led the team in points in that game with 27 while Buddy Boeheim was next on the team with 20 points. Joseph Girard III led the team in assists in that game with 4 while Frank Anselem led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 45.6% from the field, 26.1% from 3-point range, and 73.3% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 77 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 74 PPG against them. Syracuse has an ATS record of 15-11-2 this season and their O/U record is 14-14.

 

Duke is coming into this game playing very well recently as they have won their last 5 straight but they are coming off of a win against UVA in their last game that they only won by 4 points on the road. Duke is still at the top of the ACC this season and they have been a solid 7-2 on the road this season. They also smashed Syracuse in their first meeting earlier this season, leading by 30 points at one point in that game. They are going up against a Syracuse team that has not been having a good season and their coach is in jeopardy of having his first ever losing season with the team after coaching for over 40 years there. They have been struggling against conference opponents this season with a 9-8 record but they have been very good at home still with an 11-3 record there. They have actually won their last 5 straight games at home and most of their conference games at home this season were wins as well. They will likely be trying to make up for that embarrassment the last time they played Duke so they will come out hard here and give Duke a good challenge. Duke is a lot better and has still been playing well recently so they will get the win here but only by around 10 points here.

 

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Duke Blue Devils: 5-10 ATS after 5 or more consecutive wins. 51-31 OVER in all games. 45-29 OVER as a favorite.

Syracuse Orange: 15-9 ATS off a loss against a conference rival. 23-11 OVER as an underdog. 29-14 OVER after a game where they failed to cover the spread.

 

Duke Blue Devils:  None.

Syracuse Orange:  J. Edwards (C) out for season - Wrist injury.

 

 

"What are you doing? Just shoot. Like, you should shoot all the time, whenever you get it, and you next shot is the first shot." - Coach K on what he told A.J. Griffin before their win against UVA.

 

 

“Hopefully we can be like the rest of the country and come in here without masks Saturday. But I guess we just can’t do that. The whole country, all the students here wear masks to class then they go downtown, they go down to party and have no masks. There’s 400 people in a party. It’s crazy.” - Jim Boeheim on getting rid of the mask mandates in their games.

 

 

 

P. Banchero 

T. Keels 

W. Moore 

J. Roach 

M. Williams

 

B. Boeheim 

J. Boeheim 

J. Edwards 

J. Girard 

C. Swider

 

 

PPG: P. Banchero (16.6)

APG: W. Moore Jr. (4.5)

RPG: P. Banchero (8.3)

 

PPG: B. Boeheim (19)

APG: J. Girard III (4.3)

Reb/G: C. Swider (7)

 

Coaches:

Duke Blue Devils: Mike Krzyzewski (42nd season)

Syracuse Orange: Jim Boeheim (46th season)