Duke vs. Auburn: Analyzing College Basketball Odds

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00:00I think people are going to look to bet Auburn, maybe it's Duke minus one because of home

00:09court.

00:11I just think that people are going to be ready to fire away on the Auburn Tigers.

00:16I play the Duke National Championship market though, so for me, I'd much, I mean, I need

00:23to see Duke win that game.

00:25That's very, very important.

00:28When you bet the favorite, which is what I did, you need them to act like it, right?

00:36You need them to put the appropriate results up on the board, and I have no problem with

00:42anything I've seen from Duke so far.

00:45What they did at Arizona I think is incredibly impressive.

00:49Hung with Kentucky and Kansas the whole way, the late game stuff is not good, and I look

00:55at Shire more than Flag.

00:58The optimistic lens on that for both parties though is we are going to just keep giving

01:06Flag reps in those moments.

01:09That way, come March, he's beyond comfortable in them because we can afford to lose to Kentucky

01:15and Kansas right now, and by the time we can't afford to lose to them, Koop will be at his

01:21best.

01:23From that end of it, I get it, right?

01:25I do.

01:26If that's what's going through John Shire's mind in those moments when he's just kind

01:30of giving the ball to Flag and saying, figure it out, as opposed to running real action,

01:38getting Kooper, Flag involved as the screener, letting Proctor make a move, even Concanipple.

01:48Ah, we've got dogs going wild out there.

01:52I don't know if you guys can hear that, but for Duke, now you're home and you're playing

02:05what is the current best team in college basketball.

02:09I mean, you could say Kansas, but Auburn is number one on Ken Palm and the favorites who

02:14are in the national championship now.

02:15They've overtaken Duke in that market.

02:20So if you're the Blue Devils and the way the game plays out will be relevant, but if you

02:27lose that game at home, now we go, all right, this is probably going to be predictable.

02:39Veteran talented though, but veteran type team will be the demise of the Blue Devils

02:45come March.

02:48Maybe that'll feel like a sweeping statement to some in December, but if Duke does drop

02:55that game again, that's going to be the vibe around it because that's how all of their

03:02losses will have looked.

03:05And yes, there will be chances for Duke to try their hand again at a comparable team

03:12because they play North Carolina twice, but North Carolina early returns, not Duke Kansas

03:26Kentucky level.