College Hoops Picks ATS—Feb. 19: Duke Blue Devils at St. John's Red Storm

Duke Blue Devils (7-4, 20-5) at St. John's Red Storm (2-10, 12-13)

Thursday, Feb. 19—7:00 PM EST on ESPN

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Preview

The Blue Devils (7-4, 20-5) have just lost two games in a row for the first time this season, and in their last four games they are 1-3 (with a three point OT win). They are tied for second in the ACC, but they lose the tiebreaker because they lost to Clemson on Feb. 4.

The Red Storm (2-10, 12-13) are in 14th in the Big East right now, ahead of a one win Rutgers team and a no wins DePaul team. They are currently on a four-game slide.

But St. John's has surprised the college hoops world before. In January they upset Notre Dame at home (this is back when everyone considered them one of the best teams in the Big East). With this game happening at home again, the question is can they do it again?

This is not the first time Duke has faced a Big East opponent this year. They took down Georgetown 76-67 on Jan. 17. So what's changed since then? For starters, the Blue Devils were a one-loss team at that point, they now have five losses. In fact, since then they've gone 4-4.

Will the Red Storm be able to take down the mighty Blue Devils for a second huge upset this year, or will Duke find their shooting stroke waiting for them at Madison Square Garden?

By The Numbers

	Record	Conf	ATS	RPI	SOS	PF	PA
Duke	20-5	7-4	10-11	5	6	78.4	63.4
St. John's	12-13	3-10	9-10	139	67	66.8	66.8

	FG%	D. FG%	3P%	D. 3P%	FT%	RPG	SPG	APG	TPG
Duke	45.0	41.3	33.1	32.0	72.3	41.9	9.1	14.2	13.5
St. John's	43.1	43.6	30.5	34.8	63.8	41.1	7.3	12.5	14.7

Stats Leaders

	Duke	St. John's
PPG	K. Singler - 16.4	P. Horne - 15.0
	G. Henderson - 15.4	D. Kennedy - 12.6
	J. Scheyer - 13.1	S. Evans - 9.4
RPG	K. Singler - 8.1	D. Kennedy - 6.8
APG	J. Scheyer - 2.9	M. Boothe - 4.6
SPG	K. Singler - 1.7	M. Boothe - 1.8
BPG	B. Zoubek - 1.0	D. Coker - 1.3

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Prediction

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All statistics for this article have come from StatSheet.com.