McNeese vs Purdue
I can’t roll out Smith at $9700 in this spot, don’t think we go heavy overall on this game either, but you could do 1&1 as Quadir Copeland is a good chalk play.
- MCNEESE: Quadir Copeland
- PURDUE: Fletcher Loyer
Michigan vs Texas A&M
This is mostly Donaldson vs Taylor but I wouldn’t object to a 3rd or 4th man here to be contrarian. Nobody should be on this game much & it could be the game of the day.
- MICHIGAN: Tre Donaldson, Vladislav Goldin
- TEXAS A&M: Wade Taylor, Andersson Garcia
Creighton vs Auburn
Eventually Auburn is going to be too much as they probably get Kalkbrenner into foul trouble which just lets Broome dominate.
- CRE: Steven Ashworth
- AUB: Johni Broome, Denver Jones/Tahaad Pettiford
BYU vs WISCONSIN
This is where the value is on the BYU side and I back them as the altitude factor definitely comes into play once again.
- BYU: Richie Saunders, Egor Demin, Fousseyni Traore
- WISCONSIN: Steven Crowl, John Blackwell
GUARDS
- Wade Taylor IV – Texas A&M – $7,600
- Quadir Copeland – McNeese State – $5,600
- Tre Donaldson – Michigan – $6,700
- Fletcher Loyer – Purdue – $5,400
FORWARDS
- RJ Luis – St. John’s – $9,000 … While I won’t go all in on this game he does have to be our top overall play. A 40 point floor is my expectation.
- Johni Broome – Auburn – $10,100: Limited value decreases the chances that he is a must own today, but dont take that to mean he won’t dominate.
- Jonas Aidoo – Arkansas – $6,800: Probably the highest owned player on the slate
- Richie Saunders – BYU – $6,600: Love me some BYU. Wisconsin is now a pace up team and in the altitude for a second straight game favors BYU.
- Christian Shumate – McNeese – $6,300
VALUE PLAYS
- Egor Demin – BYU – $3700: We also should look at Fousseyni after a big first round game. With his rebounding rates in a game vs a team with some bigs he has to draw minutes. Sub 4K is worth using him because the gap on the other value players is minimal.
- Boogie Fland – Arkansas – $5200: Got 24 minutes in the opening round win over Kansas. If we get that run today he’ll hit 20 fpts.
- Jahmai Mashack – Tennessee – $5200
- Denver Jones – Auburn – $4800
ONIONS! CORE PLAYS OF THE DAY
- G: Quadir Copeland
- G: Wade Taylor
- F: RJ Luis
BETTING CARD
Listed in order of tip times …
- McNeese State +6.5
- Arkansas/St John’s UNDER 144.5
- Michigan/Texas A&M OVER 141.5
- Drake +6.5
- Creighton/Auburn OVER 151.5
- BYU ML
- Houston -4.5
- Tennessee -5.5