Georgia Tech vs. Duke Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/28/23

The Duke Blue Devils and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets meet in college basketball action from the McCamish Pavilion on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Duke is listed as an 8.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -415. The total for this game is set at 137.5 points.

Injuries

For Duke, Dariq Whitehead is out for this game with a leg injury while Georgia Tech has Tristan Maxwell and Lance Terry both listed as questionable with Maxwell nursing a hip injury while Terry is dealing with a hamstring issue.

Matchup History

Duke’s 69-57 win over Georgia Tech on January 4^th, 2022, extended Duke’s run to 39-4 in the last 43 meetings against Georgia Tech.

Trends

Duke is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record. Georgia Tech is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall while the under is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.

Pick

I’m sticking with Duke in this one. Both teams have really struggled with covering the number as of late, but the thing about Duke is that the Blue Devils are at least winning games while a lot of Georgia Tech’s struggles are coming in the underdog role and the Yellow Jackets are getting beat up left and right. I just think this is a spot where it’s best to just not overthink it, and to take the better team even on the road. I’ll back Duke in this one.