Best Bets For #2 Alabama Vs. #1 Duke Elite 8 March Madness

• Sportsbooks have set a 174.5-point total between Alabama and Duke.
• Alabama and Duke are both top-15 offenses this season.

NEWARK, N.J. – An absolute powerhouse matchup between #1 Duke and #2 Alabama is set for the Elite 8 in the East Region of the March Madness bracket. The winner will move on to the Final Four in San Antonio.

Right now on legal sports betting sites, Duke is going in as the favorite and with an explosive point total for two of the top offenses in the country this season.

#2 Alabama Vs. #1 Duke

• Moneyline: Alabama (+250) vs. Duke (-300)
• Spread: Duke -6.5
• Total: 174.5

No Issue For Points Between Duke & Bama

There could not be an easier choice for betting the over in points than this matchup. These are two of the top-15 offenses in all of college basketball this season. Alabama is the highest scoring offense averaging 91.4 ppg while Duke is the 12th highest scoring offense at 83.6 ppg. Combined, they are putting up 175 ppg.

As for the way that each of them are trending this season, they’ve each put up 20 hits on the over this season. Both are hitting the over by a combined +5.7 points on average. They’re also hitting the over more often in each of their recent games as well.

Alabama has hit the over in five of their last seven games. Included in those five over hits, are four hits with a game total of over 174.5 points on college basketball betting sites.

As for Duke, they’ve hit the over in all three of their March Madness games to this point and have paced each one of them scoring 89+ points each time. They are also coming off of a Sweet 16 outing against Arizona where they put up 100 points for the fifth time this season.

The main thing on paper that should carry them to the over here will be each of their lethal 3-point shooting. Each of them on the season are putting up 10+ made 3-pointers per game for a combined 20.9 made per game.

Duke has gone for well over 10 3s in all three of their NCAA Tournament games to this point. Alabama, while they’ve stayed under 10 3s in two of their games, they are coming off of a record-breaking 25+ 3-pointers made performance in the Sweet 16 that should very well carry over to the Elite 8.

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