12 games on the Main Saturday CBB slate, which honestly should be a larger prize pool on DraftKings since it is the only game in town, but alas, we will take what we get here.
THE KEY THREE
G – Jordan Hawkins – UCONN – $8100
Hawkins is averaging 34 MPG with 24% usage and 21% shot rates over the last 4 games. He’s been consistently their go to guy and should have a good time back in his hometown on Saturday vs Georgetown.
F – KJ Adams – Kansas – $6100
I am big on Adams today. The matchup against a slow tempo team like Iowa State who plays good, grind it out defense might appear less than ideal and Adams has two sub 20 point games over his last three. But make no mistake, when he avoids foul trouble he is a key to Kansas winning. He had 15 & 6 against the Cyclones back in January.
G – Jayden Taylor – Butler – $4800
Taylor’s had usage rates above 28% in three of his last 5 GP and is coming off a down game against Seton Hall when in 30 minutes he only took 6 shots, 1 FT and had just 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals. This is a tempo game that allows us to go back to Taylor and if we get 30 minutes from him today I do believe he can make the most of them.
GUARDS
- CJ Kelly – UCF … Kelly has burned me a lot this season when going to him, but the Bearcats give us another big tempo boost to justify going back to him.
- Gabe Kalscheur – Iowa State
- Tristen Newton – UCONN … Big savings off Hawkins, but dont sleep on Hawkins hometown narrative.
- Dane Goodwin – Ntore Dame … Lots of ND value options at Guard, which has not been a spot that Wake Forest defends well.
- David DeJulius – Cincy
FORWARDS
- Matthew Mayer – Illinois … Hard to imagine him not hitting 30 FPTS
- Andrew Carr – Wake Forest
- Nate Laszewski – Notre Dame
- Kalib Boone – Oklahoma State
- Kris Murray – Iowa
- Jaemyn Brakefield – Ole Miss
- Osun Osunniyi – Iowa State
VALUE
- Jayden Epps – Illinois
- JJ Starling – Notre Dame
- Ezra Manjon – Vandy
Use The Matchups page on the Dashboard to help narrow down options for game stacks.
UCONN at Georgetown …
- UCONN – Jordan Hawkins (8100), Tristen Newton (6600)
Kansas at Iowa State …
This is a typical game where KJ Adams is going to average over a fantasy point per minute, but if he can avoid that quick 2 fouls in the first half will be the question on determining if he is the smash play on the slate. I’ll lock him in at $6100 and hope for the best.
- KU: KJ Adams (6100), Gradey Dick
- ISU: Gabe Kalscheur (6800), Osun Osunniyi
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt …
- Ole Miss: Jaemyn Brakefield (5600)
- Vandy: Tyrin Lawrence (5300)
Illinois at Iowa …
- Illinois – Jayden Epps (5000), Matthew Mayer (7700)
- Iowa – Tony Perkins (6000), Kris Murray (9200)
Wake Forest at Notre Dame
- Wake: Andrew Carr (7700)
- ND: Nate Laszewski (7300), JJ Starling (5600), Dane Goodwin
CORE
Jordan Hawkins
KJ Adams
Jayden Taylor
CONTRARIAN ONIONS! PLAY
CJ Kelly – UCF
TOP VALUE
Jayden Taylor
Vandy Players
TOP BETS
Ole Miss/Vandy OVER 138.5
Butler +15.5
Kansas -1.5
Oklahoma State -3.5