Stanford Cardinal vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 2/15/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Stanford Cardinal vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025

Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium in Austin, TX

TV: ESPN+

The Duke Blue Devils (21-3) will compete against the Stanford Cardinal (16-9) at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday.

The Stanford Cardinal faced off with Georgia Tech and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 60-52 in their last contest. Stanford ended having earned a 30.3% field goal percentage (20 of 66) and made 5 of their 27 3-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Cardinal made 7 of their 7 tries for a percentage of 100.0%. With regard to rebounding, they earned a total of 27 with 8 of them being offensive. They also doled out 13 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and earning 8 steals. When talking about defending, Stanford allowed the other team to shoot 38.8% from the floor on 19 out of 49 shooting. Georgia Tech earned 9 assists and had 2 steals for the game. Moreover, Georgia Tech pulled down 38 boards (10 offensive, 28 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Georgia Tech finished the contest at 89.5% at the charity stripe by making 17 of 19 attempts. They knocked down 5 of 15 tries from distance. When it comes to fouls, the Cardinal finished with 15 while Georgia Tech finished the game with 13 fouls.

Jaylen Blakes is a guy who was important in the game. He ended up shooting 40.0% from the field and also earned 6 assists. He played 29 minutes played and also totaled 2 rebounds. He finished with 12 points on 4 of 10 shooting.

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Stanford comes into this contest with a win-loss mark of 16-9 so far this year. They are averaging 74.8 points per outing (164th in the country) while going 43.7% from the field. The Cardinal are connecting on 32.7% on three-point shots (200 of 611) and 78.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Stanford is grabbing 34.9 rebounds per contest and has earned 352 assists so far this season, which ranks 142nd in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 10.6 times per game and as a unit they commit 17.2 fouls per game.

On defense, the Cardinal have forced 11.9 turnovers per game while drawing 16.8 fouls. They are ranked 19th in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 251 conceded for the campaign. The Cardinal are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 44.6% (611 of 1,371) and they relinquish 32.3 boards per contest as a team. They are surrendering 33.0% from 3-point land and they are 142nd in D-1 in PPG allowed (70.5).

In their last game, the Duke Blue Devils got the victory with a final of 78-57 when they faced California. The Blue Devils corralled 30 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive boards totaling 41 in the matchup. They turned the ball over 10 times, while earning 6 steals in the game. California earned 16 fouls for this game which got the Blue Devils to the free throw line for 19 shots. They were able to make 15 of the free throw tries for a clip of 78.9%. Pertaining to three-point attempts, Duke made 9 out of their 25 attempts (36.0%). When the final whistle was blown, the Blue Devils walked away from this one shooting 27 for 58 from the floor which had them at 46.6%. The Blue Devils permitted California to make 20 out of their 57 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 35.1% for this game. They finished the game shooting 30.4% from 3-point land by shooting 7 of 23 and walked away from this one shooting 10 out of 15 from the free throw line (66.7%). In regard to rebounding, Duke allowed California to grab 29 in all (8 offensive).

Cooper Flagg pitched in for the Blue Devils for the contest. He earned 27 points in his 29 minutes of playing time and had 3 assists in this game. He made 8 of 14 for this contest for a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and had 5 rebounds.

Duke has a win-loss record of 21-3 this season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Blue Devils are shooting 47.8% from the floor, which ranks 44th in the nation. Duke has tallied 1,919 pts so far this year (80.0 per contest) and they pull in 38.5 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 16.5 times per contest (33rd in college) and they turn the ball over 10.0 times per game. The Blue Devils are committing 16.0 personal fouls every game and they connect on 77.0% from the charity stripe.

The Blue Devils on the defensive end are ranked 5th in college in PPG given up with 60.4. They are able to force 12.0 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 38.4% from the field (7th in Division 1). The Duke defense allows 31.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter (159 of 509) and their opponents are connecting on 69.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 11.7 dimes and 30.7 boards per contest, which ranks them 69th and 18th in college hoops.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Duke and under the total points

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