5*
(NCAAB) Duke vs. Florida State,
Point Spread: -5.00 | -110.00 Duke (Away)
Result: Loss
Duke is about to run into another conference foe that won’t be able to keep up with them on the floor. We’ve seen this story play out once already between Florida State and Purdue. They gave up 93 points and 59.3 percent shooting. The Seminoles have struggled on the boards all season, and his absence only makes those problems worse when dealing with Paolo Banchero and Wendell Moore Jr. in the front court. His absence leaves a glaring weakness for a Florida State team that couldn’t afford to have any when facing Duke’s prolific offensive attack. Big loss for Florida St without Osbourne (#2 pts, #1 reb , #2 minutes). Florida St very tall but Banchero stretched the court and takes away their height edge. Seminole have played 5 teams with a top 60 Def and they went 1-4 and Duke’s D the best they faced (#19). I’m laying the points in this one with Duke minus the small number on the road.