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Virginia at Duke basketball: How to watch the game, betting lines

As is usually the case in most seasons, Virginia and Duke have just one game on the ACC’s regular-season schedule.

It finally arrives on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

No. 7 Virginia (15-4, 11-2 ACC) sits atop the ACC standings. But second-place Florida State (12-3, 8-2) walloped the Cavaliers, 81-60, on Monday night in Tallahassee, Florida. Duke (9-8, 7-6) has won its last two games, including an 84-60 win at Wake Forest on Wednesday night.

How to watch Cavaliers vs. Blue Devils basketball

The game tips off at 8 p.m. and is televised on ESPN, which is available on all satellite, cable and streaming TV services. Louisville’s 6 p.m. game at UNC precedes the Duke-Virginia game on ESPN.

Betting odds

Virginia opened as a 2-point favorite Friday and the line, after momentarily flipping to Duke being favored by 1 point, now shows the Cavaliers as a 2-point favorite, according to Vegas Insider. The over-under total is 130 points.

Of note, Duke has only entered one game this season as an underdog. That happened on Jan. 23 when Louisville was a 2.5-point home favorite over the Blue Devils. The Cardinals covered by winning the game, 70-65.

Virginia at Duke

When: 8 p.m., Saturday

Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham

Watch: ESPN

This story was originally published February 19, 2021 at 6:41 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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