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Duke-NC State basketball: How to watch the game, betting lines

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski talks with N.C. State head coach Kevin Keatts before Duke’s game with N.C. State at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski talks with N.C. State head coach Kevin Keatts before Duke’s game with N.C. State at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. ehyman@newsobserver.com

Triangle ACC rivals Duke and NC State were scheduled to play an ACC tournament quarterfinal game last March in Greensboro before the coronavirus pandemic brought an abrupt end to the college basketball season.

Now, 11 months later and for the first time this season, the Blue Devils and Wolfpack are scheduled to meet once again in a setting impacted by that same health emergency.

Duke (7-8, 5-6 ACC) and N.C. State (8-8, 4-7 ACC) are scheduled to tip at 4 p.m. with a limited number of people allowed inside PNC Arena to watch it.

For the first time since November 1999, the Blue Devils are playing as a team with a losing record. Duke is mired in a three-game losing streak, including Tuesday’s 93-89 loss at home to Notre Dame.

The Wolfpack, after starting the season 6-1, has dropped seven of its last nine games, including a 77-68 home loss to Syracuse Tuesday night.

How to watch Wolfpack vs. Blue Devils basketball

The game tips off at 4 p.m. and is televised on ESPN, which is available on all satellite, cable and streaming TV services. Tennessee’s game at LSU precedes the Duke-NC State game on ESPN and North Carolina’s game at Virginia follows Duke-NCSU.

Betting odds

Duke opened as a three-point favorite Friday and the line grew to 3.5, according to Vegas Insider. The over-under total is 150.5 points.

Duke at NC State

When: 4 p.m., Saturday

Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh

Watch: ESPN

This story was originally published February 12, 2021 at 4:03 PM.

Steve Wiseman
The News & Observer
Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989. 
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