Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 12/20/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2025

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: ESPN

The Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-3) are on their way to Madison Square Garden on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Duke Blue Devils (11-0).

The Texas Tech Red Raiders played Northern Colorado and went home with a win by a final score of 101-90 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Red Raiders finished with 11 and Northern Colorado totaled 17 personal fouls. They made 12 of their 27 shots from 3-point land. Northern Colorado finished 50.0% when shooting free throws by making 4 of their 8 attempts. Additionally, Northern Colorado totaled 30 boards (11 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Northern Colorado distributed 18 dimes and had 1 steal in this contest. When talking about defending, Texas Tech allowed the other team to shoot 56.1% from the floor on 37 out of 66 shooting. They also recorded 13 dimes in this matchup as well as forcing 10 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 23 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Red Raiders made 19 of 24 shots for a percentage of 79.2%. Texas Tech wrapped up the contest having earned a 60.3% FG percentage (35 out of 58) and knocked down 12 of 28 3-point shots.

LeJuan Watts is someone who was a major factor in this contest. He went 92.3% from the field and distributed 4 assists. He played 37 mins and totaled 6 boards. He accounted for 36 points on 12 out of 13 shooting.

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Texas Tech will play this contest with a record of 8-3 on the campaign. They are averaging 83.6 pts per contest (83rd in the country) while shooting 46.2% from the field. The Red Raiders are hitting 37.6% on 3-pointers (121 of 322) and 66.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Texas Tech is pulling down 38.2 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 178 dimes this year, which is 97th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They turn the ball over 9.9 times per contest and as a group are committing 15.8 fouls every game.

On defense, the Red Raiders are able to force 11.7 turnovers every game while drawing 18.6 fouls. They are ranked 71st in college in allowing assists with 123 relinquished on the campaign. The Red Raiders are allowing a field goal percentage of 45.4% (303 of 668) and they relinquish 35.5 boards per game as a squad. They are giving up 33.3% from beyond the arc while they are 204th in Division 1 in opponents points per game (73.9).

In their last game, the Duke Blue Devils got the win with a final of 97-73 against Lipscomb. The Blue Devils were able to snag 34 defensive rebounds and 18 offensive boards for a total of 52 in this game. They coughed it up 22 times, while recording 14 steals in the matchup. Lipscomb earned 19 fouls in the game which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for a total of 22 tries. They were able to make 17 of the free throw tries for a rate of 77.3%. When discussing 3-point attempts, Duke made 8 of 25 tries (32.0%). Overall, the Blue Devils finished 36 for 69 from the floor which had them at 52.2%. The Blue Devils permitted Lipscomb to knock down 24 of their 61 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 39.3% in this contest. They shot 30.4% from 3-point land by connecting on 7 out of 23 and walked away from this one shooting 18 out of 20 at the free throw line (90.0%). In relation to rebounds, Duke allowed Lipscomb to snag 19 overall (2 offensive).

Cameron Boozer was important for the Blue Devils for the matchup. He knocked down 10 of 17 for the contest for a field goal rate of 58.8%, and had 13 rebounds. He totaled 26 points in his 30 minutes on the court and had 3 assists in the matchup.

Duke has a mark of 11-0 on the campaign. As an offensive team, the Blue Devils are shooting 50.2% from the field, which is 31st in college. Duke has accumulated 965 pts on the campaign (87.7 per contest) and they grab 43.4 boards per game. They are earning an assist 18.9 times per contest (19th in college) and they cough up possession 11.3 times per game. The Blue Devils have committed 17.1 fouls per contest and they connect on 71.5% from the free throw line.

The Duke defense concedes 27.0% on 3-pointers (80 of 296) and their opponents are making 71.8% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 12.1 dimes and 31.8 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 96th and 67th in those defensive categories. The Blue Devils on the defensive end are ranked 4th in the country in PPG allowed with 60.8. They have forced 13.5 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 34.6% from the field (1st in the country).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Duke

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