NCAAB Picks Wake Forest vs. Purdue Basketball Odds – Dec 1st, 2009: Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, IN, will be the sight for this NCAAB Picks battle between the (4-1) Wake Forest Demon Deacons [+11] taking on the 4th ranked, sports betting odds favorites, (5-0) Purdue Boilermakers [-11]. This Big Ten/ACC Challenge game has an opening tipoff is scheduled for 7 PM ET (4 PM PT).

The last time these teams met dates back to 1989, when WF defeated Purdue 66-52. Despite the loss, Purdue leads their overall series 3-2. Purdue is 3-2 all-time against Wake Forest and won 66-52 in the last meeting in 1989.

The Demon Deacons enter this game with an 8-1 mark in the Challenge after being upset by William & Mary last Saturday, 78-68. “It was a difficult loss for us,” said Wake Forest head coach Dino Gaudio. “I’m not happy with the loss, but this business is all about dealing with adversity and getting back to work, and that’s what we’ll do.”

No such woes for the hosting Boilermakers this year, as they not only come in undefeated, but also with the highest rank in almost 14 years. Thanks to some lockdown defense, Purdue is now the only undefeated team in the Big Ten conference. “Defense is what you hang your hat on,” said Purdue head coach Matt Painter.

But if there’s one thing that this team can still improve on is their intensity against lesser opponents. “We have a tendency to sometimes, like last year, win a big game and then come out sort of lackluster,” guard Keaton Grant stated. “We got a little momentum and once you get a turnover, you start following that with another one and another one.”

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