Virginia Tech downed Duke in the regular season, but Zion Williamson
didn’t play. Now the Blue Devils get a chance at revenge when the ACC
rivals face off in the 2019 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Tipoff on Friday
night is at 9:40 p.m. ET in Washington D.C. The 5-seed Hokies (26–8)
downed the 1-seed Blue Devils (31–5) 77–72 on Feb. 27, but that was in
Blacksburg and against a short-handed Duke team. The Blue Devils are
seven-point favorites and the over-under for total points scored is 143
in the latest Duke vs. Virginia Tech odds. Before you make any Duke vs.
Virginia Tech picks and 2019 NCAA bracket predictions, listen to what
SportsLine’s Kenny White has to say.

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legendary Las Vegas oddsmaker is widely considered one of the most
influential figures in the Nevada sports wagering industry over the past
several decades. White is the former head of Las Vegas Sports
Consultants, which supplied odds to countless sportsbooks that made
millions off his expertise. By age 26, the oddsmaking prodigy was
setting the lines for some of Nevada’s biggest casinos.Now, he
is using his innate knowledge of point spreads and handicapping as one
of SportsLine’s top analysts. White heads into the Sweet 16 on a 24–17
run on college basketball picks. Plus, he’s nailed three-straight picks
involving the Hokies, including taking Virginia Tech (-10) to cover in
its 66–52 win over St. Louis in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.Now,
he’s studied Duke vs. Virginia Tech from every angle and released a
confident point-spread pick that is only available at SportsLine.White
knows Virginia Tech beat Duke earlier this year, but there was no
Williamson. The ACC Player of the Year returned in time for the
conference tournament, and Duke won it. The Devils escaped UCF in the
second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament on Sunday, and Zion went off
for 32 points.While Duke is filled with freshman phenoms,
including RJ Barrett, the stage won’t be too big for the Devils. In
fact, this is the 25th time Duke is in the Sweet 16 under coach Mike
Krzyzewski.Duke lost to just four teams all season, and got
revenge on two of them — Syracuse and North Carolina — in the ACC
Tournament. The Devils get their chance against the Hokies on Friday,
while the fourth team, Gonzaga, could be a Final Four matchup.But
just because the Blue Devils are the overall №1 seed with revenge on
their mind doesn’t mean they’ll cover the Duke vs. Virginia Tech spread.Virginia
Tech beat Duke without the program’s all-time assists leader, Justin
Robinson. He returned for the NCAA Tournament after missing 12 games,
and Ty Outlaw, who’s making 45.6 percent of his threes, will also play
despite being charged with marijuana possession last week.The
Hokies were 7–5 without Robinson, but are 19–3 when he plays.
Against-the-spread, the Hokies have covered in five of their last seven
meetings with the Devils. Plus, Duke has failed to cover in four
straight NCAA Tournament games.We can tell you White is leaning
under, but his stronger play is on the spread. He has studied this
matchup and unearthed the critical x-factor that makes one side of the
spread a must-back. He’s only sharing what it is, and who to back, at
SportsLine.