It’s finally March, and with that comes the holy event that is truly one of the greatest events of the sports calendar: March Madness. The Round of 64 kicks off Thursday, but one of the games you’ll want to see is on Friday between the 13th-seeded Vermont Catamounts, who are taking on the fourth-seeded Duke Blue Devils.
The Game Day is going through all of the tournament games one by one and giving you our previews and picks on each game. Alongside those picks, we have some of the best sportsbook promos that you should check out to get ahead in the betting markets.
Let’s get into it here.
Vermont-Duke Betting Preview
All below lines are via DraftKings Sportsbook, unless otherwise noted.
- Spread: Vermont +12 (-108) • Duke-12 (-112)
- Moneyline: Vermont (+550) • Duke (-800)
- Total: Over 132.5 (-110) • Under 132.5 (-110)
This is not the Duke team of old, but they are still one of the major blue bloods out there and have plenty of fight in them. Duke didn’t win their conference championship, while Vermont won the American East Conference, but don’t underestimate Kyle Kilipowski and the Blue Devils in this game.
Vermont-Duke Best Betting Promos To Grab
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Vermont-Duke Best Bet
Duke (-108)
DraftKings Sportsbook • 1 Unit
Vermont will be without their best frontcourt player, Matt Veretto, in this game, and that could spell major problems for the Catamounts. Yes, only eight teams had more than Vermont’s 28 wins this season, but Duke is just a different animal, a level of team that Vermont simply has not had to face yet this season.
Filipowski and Mark Mitchell should be able to wreak havoc for Duke up and down the floor, and despite the Catamounts trying to slow things down (they rank 350th in pace of play this year), it won’t be enough to stop a pissed-off Duke team that had its sights set on winning the ACC Tournament before NC State upset them in the quarterfinals.
