Sunday night ACC on FSN offers up Virginia Tech and Duke for your viewing and wagering pleasure. It might be tough to resist laying the big points with Duke at home, but the Hokies could be an underdog with some bite, having lost just four times this seas

2010-02-19

Sunday night ACC on FSN offers up Virginia Tech and Duke for your viewing and wagering pleasure. It might be tough to resist laying the big points with Duke at home, but the Hokies could be an underdog with some bite, having lost just four times this season. Get the latest key info for this game on the LIVE ODDS & GAME MATCHUPS page of Sportsbook.com.

It’s the latter part of February and there has been nothing hokey about the Hokies being in contention in the ACC title chase. Virginia Tech (21-4, 10-8-1 ATS) is not your typical ACC squad, they are a grittier bunch. “We win ugly games. That’s our team,” junior guard Malcolm Delaney said. The Hokies get after opponents on defense and do the little things like make free throws, especially at winning time. Virginia Tech is 28-16-1 ATS after a conference game over the last three seasons.

Just maybe, this Duke (22-4, 16-8-1 ATS) club is seeing improvement inside. As Dickie V has espoused, Jon Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler are as good scoring-wise as any three players on any team in the country. Lately, the Plumlee brothers, Miles and Mason have been gobbling up more rebounds and points and Andre Dawkins is being heard from again. Even seldom used Ryan Kelly has come through when fouls or injury have arisen for the Blue Devils. Duke is 8-1 ATS at Cameron Indoor vs. defensive teams conceding 64 or fewer points a game. Tech yields just 62.0.

Virginia Tech can tie Duke with three losses in league play with a surprising win; however is 2-6 and 3-5 ATS in Durham in its six years as an ACC member. The Blue Devils are 14-0 and 10-3 ATS on the home floor, winning by a gargantuan 27.6 points per game. The StatFox Power Line shows Duke by 12

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