Wildcats face Duke Blue Devils

The Blue Devils hope to be lousy hosts on Thursday as the Arizona Wildcats pay a visit to Honda Center on the college basketball betting menu.

This game is being played at a neutral-site court (Honda Center).

The Blue Devils sport records of 32-4 and 20-15 ATS heading into this battle, while the Wildcats have 29-7 and 18-15-1 ATS marks on the season. The OVER/UNDER records are 16-19 for the Blue Devils and 16-18 for the Wildcats.

Betting Line:
On the opening NCAAB line for this matchup, Duke sat as 9-point favorites.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 5 (Blue Devils) and the No. 59 (Wildcats) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 89-81 result in favor of the Blue Devils has been projected by the scores prediction engine.

How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Duke's No. 10 nationally ranked offense (81 points per game) against a Wildcats defense that sits as the No. 173 at 67.7 PPG. The Blue Devils have been averaging 47.2% from the field, more than the Wildcats have managed so far this season (47% on average).

Comparing how these foes stack up statistically, Arizona owns the country's No. 173-rated mark, allowing 70.6 points per game on the highway. Duke, on the other hand, rates No. 14 in scoring at home.

Arizona won its last outing, a 70-69 result against Texas on March 20. They covered in that game as a 5.5-point underdog.

Duke was a 73-71 winner in their most recent outing against Michigan. They failed to cover the 12.5–point spread as favorites.

Arizona Wildcats Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 9-1
After playing Texas are 4-4
After a win are 8-2

Duke Blue Devils Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 9-1
After playing Michigan are 10-0
After a win are 8-2

A few Wildcats at Blue Devils trends to consider:
Duke is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Duke's last 15 games.