{"id":2243,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2243","headline":"Duke and Michigan State headline Champions Classic in Chicago","dek":"The No. 2 Blue Devils face No. 5 Michigan State Tuesday at the United Center with Kansas and Kentucky to follow.","body":"College basketball's annual season-opening showcase, the State Farm Champions Classic, kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 10 with a top-five matchup between No. 2 Duke and No. 5 Michigan State at the United Center in Chicago. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, with Kansas and Kentucky playing the nightcap.\n\nDuke enters at 2-0 after blowout wins over Army (84-50) and Coastal Carolina (113-52) to open the 2026-27 campaign. Michigan State is also 2-0, having beaten Quinnipiac (96-59) and Toledo (91-61).\n\nThe Blue Devils hold a commanding edge in the all-time series, leading 16-4 and having won the last three meetings, including a 66-60 win in East Lansing last December. The two programs last met in Chicago during the 2023-24 season, when Duke won 74-65.\n\nWith both teams undefeated and ranked in the top five, the game serves as an early measuring stick before conference play begins. The Kansas-Kentucky matchup later that night rounds out a quadruple-header of marquee programs to open the event.","published_at":"2026-11-11T00:18:23.830842+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Duke vs. Michigan State prediction, best bets: Blue Devils make Champions Classic statement","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/betting/duke-vs-michigan-state-prediction-college-basketball-odds-picks-best-bets-tuesday/"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Michigan State vs. Duke prediction, odds, time: 2026 Champions Classic picks for Nov. 10 from proven model","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/michigan-state-duke-prediction-odds-time-2026-champions-classic-college-basketball-picks-bets/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Duke basketball vs Michigan State prediction: How will Blue Devils fare?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/duke-basketball-vs-michigan-state-110314947.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Duke basketball vs Michigan State live updates: Follow from top-5 matchup","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/duke-basketball-vs-michigan-state-220052663.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Duke vs. Michigan State prediction, pick, odds, spread: Blue Devils, Spartans renew rivalry in top 10 showdown","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-michigan-state-prediction-pick-odds-spread/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Michigan State basketball vs. Duke Champions Classic tipoff: Matchup analysis and a prediction","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/michigan-state-basketball-vs-duke-000054446.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Where to watch Duke vs. Michigan State basketball today: Channel, time, schedule, live stream for Champions Classic","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-watch-duke-vs-michigan-080002295.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Michigan State vs. Duke prediction, odds, time: 2026 Champions Classic picks for Nov. 10 from proven model","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/michigan-state-duke-prediction-odds-time-2026-champions-classic-college-basketball-picks/"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Michigan State vs. Duke prediction, odds, time: 2026 Champions Classic picks for Nov. 10 from proven model","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/michigan-state-duke-prediction-odds-time-2026-champions-classic-college-basketball-picks-best-bets/"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}