{"id":3534,"date":"2009-02-19T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/duke-st-johns-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-19T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T16:59:00","slug":"duke-st-johns-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/duke-st-johns-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke-St. John&#8217;s Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Duke Blue Devils and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. John&#8217;s<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Red Storm will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Carnesecca Arena. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:Sn>Duke<\/st2:Sn> lost to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 80-74 as a 7.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (146). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Singler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Blue Devils with 25 points and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Gerald<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Henderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 20 points in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> built up a big lead and then cruised to a 73-59 win over St. John&#8217;s on Saturday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Golden Eagles couldn&#8217;t pay off by covering the 16-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total (143). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn>Duke<\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/>St. John&#8217;s has lost 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>Duke: 20-5 SU, <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>11-12-1 ATS <br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> John&#8217;s: 12-13 SU, <st1:date Month=\"8\" Day=\"11\" Year=\"2001\">8-11-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Duke most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 10-0<br \/>Before playing Wake Forest are 8-2<br \/>After playing Boston College are 6-1<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>St. John&#8217;s most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-3<br \/>Before playing Seton Hall are 3-7<br \/>After playing Marquette are 0-3<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Duke is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. John&#8217;s<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Duke&#8217;s last 7 games when playing St. John&#8217;s<br \/>Duke is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Duke&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. John&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. John&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Duke<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. John&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>St. John&#8217;s is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Duke home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Sunday, February 22<br \/>St. John&#8217;s home to Seton Hall, Sunday, February 22<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke Blue Devils and the St. John&#8217;s Red Storm will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Carnesecca Arena. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Duke lost to Boston College 80-74 as a 7.5-point favorite on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/duke-st-johns-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Duke-St. John&#8217;s Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}