Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers vs Duke Prediction & Picks - NCAA Basketball

Prediction published on 3/20/25, 3:59 PM  by Matt Lowrimore | Modified on 3/21/25 at 5:57 PM in NCAA Basketball Picks

The first round of the NCAA tournament continues on Friday as the 16th-seeded Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers take on the #1-seeded Duke Blue Devils in the East Region. Let’s take a look at the match statistics and predictions for this first-round game between the Mountaineers and Blue Devils.

Mount St. Mary’s enters this game with a record of 23-12. They are coming off a win on Wednesday night, beating American in the Four Four to advance to the first round of the NCAA tournament. Further, the win on Wednesday night was their first-ever NCAA tournament win in program history.

As for Duke, they enter this game with a record of 31-3, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament by winning the ACC tournament. The Blue Devils beat Georgia Tech in the ACC quarterfinals, North Carolina in the ACC semifinals and Louisville in the ACC final. This will be Duke’s 47th NCAA tournament appearance and their fourth consecutive appearance.