Texas Longhorns vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 11/4/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Longhorns vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Location: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC

TV: ESPN

The Duke Blue Devils (35-4 last year) will take on the Texas Longhorns (19-16 last season) at Spectrum Center on Tuesday.

The Texas Longhorns faced off with Xavier and took a loss by a final of 86-80 in their last contest. When it comes to fouls, the Longhorns finished with 13 while Xavier recorded 18 fouls. They buried 12 of 25 attempts from long range. Xavier walked away from this one shooting 62.5% at the charity stripe by burying 10 of 16 shots. On top of that, Xavier grabbed 25 rebounds (4 offensive, 21 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Xavier recorded 17 assists and had 6 steals for this game. When talking about defending, Texas let their opponent shoot 55.2% from the floor on 32 out of 58 shooting. They also recorded 11 assists in this contest while forcing the opposition into 7 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When talking about hauling in rebounds, they compiled 30 with 8 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Longhorns buried 18 of 24 attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. Texas wrapped up the game with a 49.1% FG percentage (27 out of 55) and buried 8 out of their 17 three-point shots.

Tre Johnson is someone who came through in this contest. He notched 23 points on 6 out of 14 shooting. He played for 38 minutes and snagged 6 boards. He shot 42.9% from the field and totaled 2 assists.

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Texas will take the court after finishing with a win-loss record of 19-16 last season. They averaged 78.5 pts per game (66th in D-1) while hitting 46.3% from the floor. The Longhorns hit on 36.2% from downtown (264 of 729) and 74.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Texas snagged 35.7 rebounds per game and earned 452 dimes last season, which was 165th in D-1 in terms of passing. They lost possession by turning the ball over 9.9 times per contest and as a team committed 18.7 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Longhorns were able to force their opponents into 11.4 turnovers every game and they drew 18.8 fouls. They were 131st in college in allowing assists to their opponents with 421 relinquished throughout last year. The Longhorns allowed a FG percentage of 42.7% (869 of 2,034) and they relinquished 34.7 rebounds per contest as a team. They gave up 33.8% on three-point shots and they were 202nd in college in opponents PPG (72.6).

The last time they took the court, the Duke Blue Devils took a defeat with a final score of 70-67 when they faced Houston. The Blue Devils were able to corral 19 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 29 for the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 7 times, while getting 7 steals for the matchup. Houston had 16 personal fouls for this game which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for a total of 23 tries. They were able to knock down 18 of the free throw tries for a rate of 78.3%. With respect to 3-point shots, Duke knocked down 7 of 17 attempts (41.2%). Overall, the Blue Devils shot 21 out of 53 from the floor which gave them a rate of 39.6%. The Blue Devils permitted Houston to knock down 23 of 61 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 37.7% in this matchup. They shot 45.5% from 3-point land by connecting on 10 out of 22 and finished the game at 14 of 18 from the free throw line (77.8%). In the matter of rebounding, Duke allowed Houston to grab 38 in total (15 on the offensive glass).

Cooper Flagg ended up being a factor for the Blue Devils for the game. He accumulated 27 points in his 36 mins on the court and accounted for 4 assists for this game. He knocked down 8 out of 19 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 42.1%, and totaled 7 rebounds.

Duke had a win-loss mark of 35-4 last year. When it comes to executing on offense, the Blue Devils hit 49.3% from the floor, which ranked 7th in D-1. Duke accumulated 3,246 points throughout last season (83.2 per game) and they grabbed 38.2 boards per game. They dished out assists 17.0 times per game (17th in Division 1) and they turned it over 9.3 times per contest. The Blue Devils committed 15.8 fouls per contest and they shot 79.0% from the charity stripe.

The Duke defense gave up 31.1% on shots from 3-point land (273 of 877) and their opposition knocked down 72.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrendered 11.4 dimes and 30.9 rebounds per contest, which ranked them 41st and 17th in Division 1. The Blue Devils defensively were ranked 7th in the country in PPG given up with 62.8. They forced 11.4 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 38.4% from the floor (4th in the nation).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas

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