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College basketball season opens Tuesday night and there are a number of intriguing games on the schedule involving SEC teams, headlined by Kentucky’s game with Duke at Madison Square Garden.
The Blue Devils enter the game ranked 9th in the AP Poll in what will be Mike Krzyzewski’s final season, while the Wildcats are ranked 10th.
That would suggest a good game and the oddsmakers think it will be, as Duke has opened as a 1-point favorite according to Circa Sports.
The SEC will have 11 of its 14 teams in action on Tuesday night.
Here’s a look at the initial point spreads that have been released for each game involving an SEC team.
- Georgia (-11) vs. Florida International
- No. 18 Tennessee (-35) vs. UT-Martin
- Florida (-19) vs. Elon
- Missouri (-17.5) vs. Central Michigan
- No. 16 Arkansas (-19) vs. Mercer
- No. 22 Auburn (-15) vs. Morehead State
- LSU (-19) vs. Louisiana-Monroe
- No. 14 Alabama (-12) vs. Louisiana Tech
- No. 9 Duke (-1) vs. No. 10 Kentucky
Betting lines for South Carolina’s game with USC-Upstate and Ole Miss’ game with New Orleans are not available yet.
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Tue Nov 9 Lines pic.twitter.com/HP0YeSzbzD— Circa Sports (@CircaSports) November 8, 2021
"Chris Wallace covers college football for Saturday Down South. He has covered college athletics for multiple newspapers and also worked previously for Rivals.com and GolfChannel.com."
