This article is part of our DraftKings College Basketball series.
Welcome to another Saturday of college basketball at DraftKings. Your total available salary is $50,000 to build your best squad of eight players, which includes three guards, three forwards and two FLEX. Points are awarded on DraftKings as follows:
Point = +1 point PT
Made 3pt. shot = +0.5 PTs
Rebound = +1.25 PTs
Assist = +1.5 PTs
Double-Double = +1.5 PTs
Triple-Double= +3 PTs
With that out of the way, here are the available GPP contests for college basketball this Saturday:
$20K Main Event ($2,000 first prize), Entry Fee: $20
$10K Mini Main Event ($1,000 first prize), Entry Fee: $2
$4K Full Court Press ($400 first prize), Entry Fee: $20
$4K Bank Shot ($2,000 first prize), Entry Fee: $200
$3.5 Buzzer Beater ($300 first prize), Entry Fee: $300
$2K Big Dance ($700 first prize), Entry Fee: $100
$1.5K Big Five ($175 first prize), Entry Fee: $5
$1.5K Fast Break ($200 first prize), Entry Fee: $12
$1K Fadeaway ($500 first prize), Entry Fee: $50
$1K Big Five ($125 first prize), Entry Fee: $5
$1K Fast Break ($150 first prize), Entry Fee: $12
$1K Micro Main Event ($100 first prize), Entry Fee: $0.25
and many more…
Check out the multiple March Mania Qualifiers. There are contests with entry fees of $200 and $5 with the winner of each receiving a ticket to the $100K March Mania Head-to-Head Bracket Challenge to take place during the NCAA tournament. You must win one of the sixty-four qualifiers to gain entry into the contest.
There are three sets of contest times with included games:
12 p.m. ET – 2:30 p.m.
Butler at Providence
Michigan State at Indiana
Northwestern at Iowa
Pittsburgh at Florida State
Seton Hall at Georgetown
Syracuse at NC State
Alabama at Texas A&M
Connecticut at Temple
LSU at Arkansas
Oklahoma State at West Virginia
St. John's at Villanova
Florida at Kentucky
Xavier at Creighton
Rugters at Michigan
California at Arizona State
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame
Kansas State at Texas
Kansas at Oklahoma
Stanford at Arizona
Georgia at Auburn
South Carolina at Tennessee
Illinois at Purdue
Utah at Washington
6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Missouri at Mississippi State
Colorado at Washington State
Virginia at Louisville
Iowa State at TCU
Duke at North Carolina
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
Selection Sunday is one week away and conference tournaments are right around the corner. Seniors are in their last regular season games of their careers, and those fortunate to have the game at home experience "Senior Night." On Senior Night the honored players often step up for a full throttle performance in an effort to go off with a preverbal bang. There are also a hand full on injury questions and suspension, all of which culminates with targets for selection on the last Saturday of the regular season.
Guards:
Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova, ($5,700)
The "maestro," Acridiacono manages the court extremely well and will look to end Villanova's great regular-season run with a win at home over a streaking St. John's squad and potentially a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Arcidiacono is as gritty as they come, and will look to score and assist his Wildcat team to what figures to be tough fought win against the senior-laden St. John's squad.
Jalen Jones, Texas A&M, ($7,100)
Jones plays the three extremely well and is able to both score and rebound at a considerable clip. Nothing the Crimson Tide offers can contain the matchup-nightmare Jones. Guard counterpart Danuel House ($7,300) doesn't have the rebounding upside Jones does, but he can shoot the lights out on any night. Jones is a lesser risk due to his varied scoring capabilities, but House has more upside and may be the better GPP play.
Nigel Johnson, Kansas State, ($3,800)
Why Johnson is still only $3,800 I couldn't tell you, but since Kansas State's big win against Kansas, Johnson has been on fire. Averaging 31 fantasy points over his last two, even with an unfavorable matchup against the defensively-sound Longhorns, Johnson is an outstanding value at this price.
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma, ($8,000)
Call this angle silly, but Hield's mom is in town from the Bahamas. She cooks him breakfast and over the last two games it appears she has Hield of upmost health and confidence as he's averaging nearly 40 fantasy points over his last two. The injury/suspension problem Kansas finds itself in and Hield getting his last home court appearance of the season seems to add up another big performance.
Tyrone Johnson, South Carolina, ($5,400)
Johnson is a senior looking to end his season on a huge note. As long as he avoids cramping, which saw him miss the last four minutes of his Senior Night against Arkansas and likely cost his Gamecocks the win. Johnson is averaging nearly 35 fantasy points over his last two and can be counted on to give it all on the last regular season game of his career.
Kyan Anderson/Trey Zeigler, TCU, ($7,400/$6,000)
TCU's senior-laden backcourt will look to finish off their careers in style against the running-gunning Iowa State Cyclones. Anderson is the ball handler, while Zeigler is surprisingly effective rebounding the ball, and both are able to fill it up. Their best night's often don't coincide, so taking the duo comes with some risk, but both will definitely have as much initiative as one can have in the final home game of their respective careers.
Jarvis Summers, Ole Miss, ($5,800)
Summers has been extremely cold from the field lately and has seen his price decrease over $1,000 over the past month. If he is going to heat back up, Senior Night is the night to do it. He still has a high capability to rack up assists, so if he can make baskets, his upside is huge.
Forwards:
Aaron White, Iowa, ($8,300)
White is the definition of what a coach dreams of when recruiting a player. Over his four years playing for Iowa he's seen steady production increases year-by-year, and it all culminates Saturday on his Senior Night against Northwestern. White is averaging nearly 37 fantasy points over his last four games, momentum he'll look to roll through Saturday and into the postseason.
Tyler Roberson, Syracuse, ($6,500)
NC State likes to run the ball, and has some fairly good defensive big men that will look to isolate Rakeem Christmas. The beneficiary of that will be Roberson, who put up over 30 fantasy points against Duke twice in the past month. NC State's high propensity for jump shots will lead to many rebound opportunities for Roberson, and will be able to feed production off the likely double-teaming of Christmas.
Matt Costello, Michigan State, ($4,300)
Costello's recommendation hinges on the playing status of Branden Dawson, who left Wednesday's game after taking a knee to his eye. Costello managed over 23 fantasy points in Dawson's absence, and against the running, undersized Hoosiers, Costello with have huge opportunity to provide stats in both rebounds and points.
Kourtney Roberson, Texas A&M, ($6,500)
The senior Aggie big man will have the spotlight on him and with an average of over 28 fantasy points over his past three contests, momentum and the big stage will look to promote another big performance.
Devin Williams/Jonathan Holton, West Virginia, ($6,200/$5,200)
Both of the Mountaineer big men have a favorable matchup with the largely undersized Oklahoma State Cowboys. Both have a huge upside for offensive rebounds and the points that often coincide. Williams clearly has the larger upside with his ability to explode with production, but both look to end the regular season in front of their passionate Mountaineer faithful.
Kadeem Jack, Rutgers, ($5,900)
Michigan is undersized, nothing new there. Jack is a great rebounder, averaging 13.5 over his last two outings. He should own the boards Saturday, and his Rutgers side will need his rebound production, especially on the offensive boards, to compete with Michigan.
Jamari Traylor, Kansas, ($5,200)
Traylor has adopted big man responsibilities with both Perry Ellis and Cliff Alexander expected to miss out once again. Being the go-to big man for a team as talented as Kansas is reason enough to favor someone, as we saw his capability to handle the work last time out against West Virginia when he put up nearly 27 fantasy points.
Jonathan Holmes, Texas, ($4,400)
The versatile Longhorn big man has seen his production decline since suffering a concussion early in February, but he finally go back to starter's-minutes last time out against Baylor. He can score, shoot threes and rebound the ball, and will look to bow out his Texas career with a much-needed W as his Longhorns sit firmly on the bubble.
Brice Johnson, North Carolina, ($7,700)
Just look back at Johnson's 36-fantasy-point performance in just 24 minutes last time UNC played Duke, and you can understand the great upside this guy possesses. Jahlil Okafor may be the best offensive big man in college basketball, but he's far from the best defensive player, and Johnson will look to exploit that fact.
