The Texas Longhorns and No. 5 Duke Blue Devils tangle in a Tuesday battle in Charlotte, NorthCarolina. The contest at the Spectrum Center -- billed as the Dick Vitale Invitational -- will tip off at 8:45 p.m. ET (ESPN). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NCAA basketball odds around the Texas vs. Duke odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.

Texas is playing its first game with new coach Sean Miller at the helm. In 2024-25, UT went 19-16; the Longhorns made the NCAA Tournament but bowed out in the First Four. Miller, a 250-game winner at both Arizona (2009-21) and Xavier (2004-09, 2022-25), inherits a solid backcourt (guards Tramon Mark and Jordan Pope ), but Texas does figure to be in a bit of a high-level rebuild on the fly.

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