State Farm Champions Classic: Duke Takes on Michigan State

Top Ranked Duke and 2nd Ranked Michigan State Meet in Champions Classic

The Michigan State Spartans and the Duke Blue Devils will open the 2017 State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday when they battle at United Center. Duke's young standouts will have their first test when the top-ranked Blue Devils meet No. 2 Michigan State.

Tonight will be an introduction to the country of some of these new college stars. Both games will be full of them.

Oddsmakers opened the Blue Devils as -1.5-point favorites versus the Spartans, while the game's total opened at 156. The total has inched up to 158 while the spread has stayed the same.

The teams met in a 2015 Final Four game. Duke won, freshman Grayson Allen making an impact off the bench. Duke won again last year at home in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Allen scoring a game-high 24 points.

Duke leads the series 11-2, winning the past six meetings.

Champions Classic Ready for Duke's Young Guns

Duke tuned up with home romps against Elon and Utah Valley. Mike Krzyzewski has now coached a team ranked No. 1 in 225 games. Coach K also won his 1,000th career game.

Duke freshman guard Trevon Duval has 20 assists and one turnover over his first two games.

Allen a senior and is the only Duke player to play in last year's Michigan State game.

Duke has been in No. 1 vs. No. 2 games six times. They have a 3-3 record. That includes the 1999 Final Four semifinal win over the Spartans.

Spartans Have Young Talent for Champions Classic as Well

Michigan State was a 98-66 winner in their most recent outing at home against the North Florida Ospreys. They covered the -31.5-point spread as favorites.

Miles Bridges is a preseason All-American who scored 20 points to go with 10 rebounds in the season opener. Jaren Jackson Jr. is the top newcomer for the Spartans

Michigan State is 1-1 when involved in a game with the top two teams, with the victory four years ago in the Champions Classic against No. 1 Kentucky.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Michigan State	1-0	1-0	0	0	0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0
Duke	2-0	1-0	0	0	0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
MICHS	0	0	0
DUKE	0	0	0

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
MICHS	0	0	0
DUKE	0	0	0

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
MICHS	0	0	0
DUKE	0	0	0

Team Records

Michigan State Spartans

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	98.00	66.00	32.00
Last 10	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	98.00	66.00	32.00
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Duke Blue Devils

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	98.00	68.50	29.50
Last 10	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	98.00	68.50	29.50
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Champions Classic Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	98.00	39	68.50	121
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	98.00	40	66.00	100

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Michigan State	1-8	4-4-1	7-2	68.00	31.44	44.40	32.78	46/134	6.00
Duke	8-1	4-4-1	7-2	76.67	36.56	48.47	30.78	63/162	9.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Nov 29, 2016	MICHS	69	DUKE	78	-13	MICHS	144.5	O	MICHS	MICHS	DUKE	35	35	49.1	45.5	39	33	5/16	7/26	3	8
Apr 4, 2015	MICHS	61	DUKE	81	-5.5	DUKE	138	O	DUKE	DUKE	MICHS	25	36	40	52	33	36	7/20	2/10	4	9
Nov 18, 2014	MICHS	71	DUKE	81	-8.5	DUKE	144.5	O	DUKE	MICHS	DUKE	33	40	50	54	35	25	5/20	7/14	2	6
Mar 29, 2013	MICHS	61	DUKE	71	-2	DUKE	133	U	DUKE	MICHS	DUKE	31	32	40	40.8	33	29	3/12	7/18	6	3
Nov 15, 2011	MICHS	69	DUKE	74	-7.5	MICHS	140	O	MICHS	MICHS	DUKE	33	34	44.1	43.6	32	31	4/12	10/21	8	12
Dec 1, 2010	MICHS	79	DUKE	84	-10	MICHS	150	O	MICHS	MICHS	MICHS	34	38	49.2	47.2	37	31	9/17	7/16	7	11
Mar 25, 2005	MICHS	78	DUKE	68	-4	MICHS	142.5	O	DUKE	MICHS	DUKE	32	32	41.5	43.1	37	31	5/14	7/23	13	11
Nov 30, 2004	MICHS	74	DUKE	81	-7	Push	148	O	DUKE	DUKE	DUKE	36	44	44.2	51	24	30	7/15	11/20	3	5
Dec 3, 2003	DUKE	72	MICHS	50	-3	DUKE	139	U	DUKE	DUKE	DUKE	38	24	59.2	40	31	25	5/14	1/8	16	8
Mar 27, 1999	MICHS	62	DUKE	68	-11	MICHS	147	U		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/

Champions Classic Betting Trends

Michigan State Spartans
Michigan State is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Michigan State's last 10 games
Michigan State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Duke
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Michigan State's last 8 games when playing Duke

Duke Blue Devils
Duke is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Duke is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Michigan State
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Duke's last 8 games when playing Michigan State

Team Last 5 Games

Michigan State Spartans

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Nov 10, 2017	N.FLA	98-66	W	-31.5	150.5	W/O	57.38	78.12	3	H
Mar 19, 2017	KANSA	70-90	L	7.5	148.5	L/O	43.86	70.59	8	A
Mar 17, 2017	MIAMI	78-58	W	1.5	126.5	W/O	56.60	85.71	6	A
Mar 10, 2017	MINN	58-63	L	1.5	137.5	L/U	32.76	70.00	6	A
Mar 9, 2017	PENST	78-51	W	-6	138	W/U	49.12	66.67	10	H

Duke Blue Devils

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Nov 11, 2017	UTVAL	99-69	W				53.42	64.71	10	H
Nov 10, 2017	ELON	97-68	W	-19.5	156	W/O	55.41	27.27	12	H
Mar 19, 2017	S.CAR	81-88	L	-6.5	145	L/O	41.51	93.10	10	H
Mar 17, 2017	TROY	87-65	W	-19.5	155	W/U	46.77	69.57	13	H
Mar 11, 2017	ND	75-69	W	-4.5	148.5	W/U	60.78	66.67	5	A

Next up:
Michigan State home to Stony Brook Sunday, November 19
Duke home to Southern Friday, November 17

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