Kansas Jayhawks vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 11/18/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas Jayhawks vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: ESPN

The Duke Blue Devils (3-0) are welcoming the Kansas Jayhawks (2-1) at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

The Kansas Jayhawks played Princeton and took home the win by a score of 76-57 in their last contest. In regard to fouls, the Jayhawks left the arena with 15 while Princeton had 19 fouls. They also converted 10 out of their 35 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Princeton walked away from this one shooting 68.8% at the free throw line by knocking down 11 of their 16 attempts. On top of that, Princeton grabbed 28 rebounds (5 offensive, 23 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Princeton distributed 12 dimes and had 8 steals in this game. In the matter of the defense, Kansas allowed the other team to shoot 31.0% from the field on 18 out of 58 shooting. They also doled out 12 assists for the game in addition to forcing 13 turnovers and earning 7 steals. Regarding pulling down rebounds, they earned 42 with 9 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Jayhawks buried 21 of 28 tries for a percentage of 75.0%. Kansas finished having earned a 47.2% field goal percentage (25 out of 53) and knocked down 5 out of their 21 3-point shots.

Flory Bidunga is a player who was a major factor in this matchup. He finished with 25 points on 10 of 11 shooting. He played 27 minutes and pulled down 10 rebounds. He ended up shooting 90.9% from the field and dished out 1 assist.

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Kansas will enter this game with a record of 2-1 this year. They cough up possession 11.7 times per game and as a team they are committing 14.7 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Kansas is pulling down 38.3 boards per contest and is sitting with 52 assists this season, which has them ranked 113th in the nation in terms of passing. The Jayhawks are hitting 40.0% on three-point shots (30 of 75) and 70.5% from the free throw line. They have an average of 81.7 pts per game (167th in Division 1) while connecting on 51.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Jayhawks are forcing 11.0 turnovers per game while drawing 17.8 personal fouls. They are 105th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 43 surrendered so far this year. The Jayhawks are giving up a FG percentage of 36.4% (87 of 239) and they relinquish 30.5 boards per contest as a squad. They concede 25.2% on 3-point shots and they are ranked 19th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (60.3).

For their last game, the Duke Blue Devils got the win with a final of 100-62 when they faced Indiana State. When discussing rebounds, Duke permitted Indiana State to get 22 in total (8 offensive). They shot 30.0% from 3-point land by connecting on 9 out of 30 and ended up going 9 out of 15 from the charity stripe (60.0%). The Blue Devils allowed Indiana State to knock down 22 of their 61 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 36.1% in the game. When the game finished, the Blue Devils finished shooting 38 out of 71 from the floor which had them sitting at 53.5%. In the matter of shots from distance, Duke buried 10 of their 28 attempts (35.7%). They were able to make 14 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 66.7%. Indiana State was called for 17 fouls for this contest which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for a total of 21 attempts. They turned the ball over 12 times, while getting 13 steals in this game. The Blue Devils were able to collect 30 defensive boards and 16 offensive boards totaling 46 in this contest.

Cameron Boozer ended up being important for the Blue Devils in the matchup. He tallied 35 points in his 29 mins on the court and tallied 5 dimes in this matchup. He converted 13 of 16 in the matchup for a rate of 81.3%, and accounted for 12 rebounds.

Duke has a win-loss mark of 3-0 this season. The Blue Devils are committing 17.3 fouls per contest while shooting 77.2% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 20.3 times per game (28th in the country) and they turn it over 10.0 times per game. Duke has totaled 284 pts this year (94.7 per game) and they collect 45.3 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Blue Devils are hitting on 49.2% from the field, which is ranked 93rd in the nation.

The Duke defense gives up 24.6% on 3-point shots (30 of 122) and their opposition makes 66.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They relinquish 10.5 dimes and 34.3 boards per game, which is ranked 63rd and 149th in those categories on the defensive end. The Blue Devils are ranked 14th in Division 1 in points allowed per game with 58.8. They are forcing 16.3 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 32.3% from the field (5th in college hoops).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Duke

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