Today’s schedule features the SEC/Big12 Challenge, which should have some great basketball games to view.
N.C. State vs Wake Forest
This is a great 2v2 game with Hildreth and Appleby going vs Terq Smith and Joiner for NC State. Terq Smith could have a huge 3 pointer game, he takes 8 per game and the Deacons are allowing teams to shoot 43% from down town on them. But of late Joiner has really excelled and for $1600 less is a huge help in lineup construction for stacking the game.
- Jarkel Joiner – G – NC State or Terq Smith
- Cameron Hildreth – G – Wake Forest
- Damari Monsantano – G – Wake Forest
Iowa State vs Missouri
I like this for an under the radar SEC/Big 12 Battle today. Mizzou wants to go fast and Iowa State obviously does not. Advantage home team with the tempo and scoring pace today. Kobe Brown is just screaming great play on the model and he comes in off a pretty good last couple of games.
- Mizzou: Kobe Brown / Isiah Mosley
- ISU: Gabe Kalschuer / Jaren Holmes
Xavier vs Creighton
Scoring PG’s have destroyed Creighton, so Souley Broom going for a 40 burger on the road is in play big time. I doubt Xavier can pull off back to back road wins here though so he would be the only Xavier player to look at.
Trey Alexander and Ryan Nembhard are both priced nicely, so too is Arthur Kaluma who probably gets 4x but maybe not much more. Tough to full stack this game, but it’s one of the best ones.
- Souley Boum – G – Xavier
- Trey Alexander – G – Creighton
- Arthur Kaluma – F – Creighton
Louisville vs Notre Dame
I hate that this game is on the slate because these teams are terrible. But both are so bad defensively and so cheap on offense that in DFS they’re a favorable spot.
- Dane Goodwin – G – ND
- Marcus Hammond – G – ND
- Cormac Ryan – G – ND
- JaeLyn Withers – F – Louisville
GUARDS
Cameron Hildreth – Wake – 7500 … Exposure on this game is a must, especially on the Wake side.
Dane Goodwin – Notre Dame – 6600 … We know Goodwin (39 mpg over last 4) is going to be on the floor most of the game. So his mediocre balanced rates should just accumulate points to get him to a 30 pt fantasy day.
Gabe Kalscheur / Jaren Holmes – Iowa State … These two should do most of the scoring for the Cyclones and if they are in an up tempo game flow then I expect them both to produce well. Gabe’s the better 3 pt shooter.
Jarkel Joiner – NC State – 7900
CJ Kelly – UCF – 6500
Souley Boum – Xavier – 9100
Marcus Hammond – ND – 5700
FORWARDS
Kobe Brown – Mizzou – 7600 … He is G/F eligible but FWD is a little thinner on this slate.
Jarace Walker – Houston – 6900 … Houston has had a couple struggle spots but at home and facing Cincy they’ll get right big time. I wouldn’t be shocked if they cover by a half dozen. Strong double-double upside here.
Arthur Kaluma – Creighton – 6800 … Has really hit a hard ceiling of late, but with a tempo boost and facing a bad defense I expect Kaluma to get some easy layup points in this one.
Jalen Hill – Oklahoma – 6100 … Nice pairing with Quinerly for cheap exposure in a good tempo game as well.
UTIL / VALUE
JaeLyn Withers – Louisville … ND is trash. Then again, so is UL. Either way with trash teams and an okay tempo give me the easy rebounding for $5k.
Jahvon Quinerly – Alabama
Sydney Curry – Louisville
Sam Godwin – Oklahoma
CONTRARIAN ONIONS! PLAY
Souley Boum (Xavier)
CORE
G – Cam Hildreth
F – Jalen Hill
UTIL – Kobe Brown
Value – J. Withers
TOP BETS
Missouri ML – Top pick
Louisville / Notre Dame OVER 138.5
Temple / UCF UNDER 133.5
DePaul +9.5
Houston -13.5
LSU Money Line