Duke vs. Clemson
Free Pick: Clemson +1.5 (John Ryan – January 23rd 2010

3* graded play on Clemson as they host Duke in a big ACC game set to take place on ESPN beginning at 9:00 EST. Our handicapping model and research show conclusive projections that Clemson will win this game. Revenge is certainly a factor here as Clemson lost at Duke 74-53 on January 3rd. This will be Duke’s 4th straight road loss and obviously they have not played well on the road. In fact, they have not been on the road much at all this year and this marks the first BB road games of their season. They lost by 14 at NC State and allowed 58% shooting. We like how resilient Clemson has been this season. The lost their last game 66-64 as a 1 point dog at Georgia Tech and shot just 36.9%. The last time they shot under 40% was on January 3rd at Duke and in the next game they destroyed BC by 16 points and held them to 37% shooting. Duke defense has many holes and these problems cannot be learned and fixed in just a few days. Clemson is improving with every game played and are far better than their loss to Duke would otherwise indicate. HC Purnell is a solid 13-5 ATS (+7.5 Units) in home games after having won 6 or 7 of their last 8 games as the coach of Clemson.

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