{"id":336565,"date":"2025-03-29T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=336565"},"modified":"2025-03-29T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:19:21","slug":"alabama-vs-duke-elite-eight-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/alabama-vs-duke-elite-eight-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama vs. Duke Elite Eight SGP predictions: Tail Mark Sears, Khaman Maluach in +310 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Alabama Crimson Tide and Duke Blue Devils battle in the Elite Eight on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Both teams have very good offences so I&#8217;ll back a teased-down over for this game. This +310 SGP also includes prop picks on Mark Sears and Khaman Maluach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Alabama vs. Duke SGP predictions for their Elite Eight matchup on March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alabama vs. Duke predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/ncaab\"><strong>Full March Madness Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/march\"><strong>PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Over 170.5 points | Sears over 19.5 points | Maluach over 8.5 points (+310)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:111873\">Embed: #111873<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over 170.5 points (-167)<\/strong>: These offensive units are capable of putting up NBA-type numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw that with Alabama last time out. It scored 113 points against the BYU Cougars. Duke was just as good, scoring 100 points in a shootout with the Arizona Wildcats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not surprising considering Alabama ranks fourth in offensive rating (127.5), while Duke ranks first (130.2), per KenPom.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams sit near the top in defensive rating, too, but I think the offence can shine through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alabama and Duke have each scored 80-plus in all their March Madness games so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NCAA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Sears over 19.5 points<\/strong><\/strong> (-157):<\/strong> The Crimson Tide will need Sears to show up if they want a shot at upsetting Duke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s coming off his best game where he dropped 34 points, attempting 16 threes and making 10 of them. Overall, he&#8217;s 2-1 against this line at the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sears didn&#8217;t play well at the SEC tournament, going under this total in all three games. But he cashed this wager in five straight games prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That included a 30-point performance over the Florida Gators, 24 points against the Tennessee Volunteers and 30 points against the Kentucky Wildcats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of those teams were in the Round of 16, and two were in the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sears had a down year but still averaged 19-plus points and did so in three of his five college seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s proven to be capable against elite teams and I predict another strong showing when the lights are the brightest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Maluach over 8.5 points <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-124):<\/strong> The 7-foot-2 freshman doesn&#8217;t need a lot of volume to surpass this low total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Round of 64:<\/strong> 11 points, 5-of-5 shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Round of 32:<\/strong> 8 points, 3-of-3 shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Round of 16:<\/strong> 13 points, 6-of-8 shooting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As the games have become more important, Maluach has received more playing time. Since I feel this game is going to have a ton of points, I also feel he will have above-average volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he does see any sort of uptick in shot attempts, he should smash this total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Texas Tech vs. Florida predictions made at 3:45 p.m. on 03\/28\/25<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Crimson Tide and Duke Blue Devils battle in the Elite Eight on Saturday. The pregame narrative: Both teams have very good offences so I&#8217;ll back a teased-down over for this game. This +310 SGP also includes prop picks on Mark Sears and Khaman Maluach. 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