CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/13/25)

The major conference tournaments are all underway. We have some crazy matchups in the SEC for the second round of a conference tournament, while the big boys in the Big 12 finally take the court in Kansas City. This is going to be another fun slate! We have 20 games across two slates. Get ready for the second straight day of wall-to-wall basketball! I love March!

We've got some big names and some great matchups today. We'll go through all of those for each slate. We'll give you the core pieces to build a cash or GPP lineup. Then, we'll have some value plays to make it all fit. And for you Ricky Bobby types, we'll give you guys with a great ceiling with a low floor because, "If you ain't first, you're last."

Here are my picks across all CBB DFS slates on Thursday, March 13, with the main slate starting at noon EDT on DraftKings. The late slate starts at 6:30 p.m. EDT. NOTE: Due to the quick turnaround in tournament play, the late slate isn't up on DraftKings yet as of the publishing time. Picks for that section will be filled in early this afternoon. 

Today's Main Slate DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks

Best Matchups:

St. John's vs. Butler

North Carolina wings vs. Wake Forest

Texas guards vs. Texas A&M

Duke guards vs. Georgia Tech

Core Pieces:

Kadary Richmond, St. John's ($9.7K)

Kadary Richmond : 10 points on 5-13 shooting, 12 rebounds, 11 assists & 4 steals in a career-high 42 minutes (1st player in school history to post a triple double since Ron Artest did it back in 1999) pic.twitter.com/Mk3oLFldkJ

— Lee Harvey (@MusikFan4Life) March 9, 2025

That's quite a way to close out the regular season, and it highlights why I keep using Richmond in DFS. He contributes across the board. He's not an elite scorer, but he is an elite defender and a great perimeter rebounder. Richmond has the safest floor on this slate for you cash players.

Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech ($9.2K)

Ndongo avenged his first game against Virginia with his eighth consecutive game of at least 34 DraftKings points. This is what those of us who watched Ndongo as a freshman expected this season. It just took us most of the year to get here. There's no going back now. Ndongo is one of the elite bigs in college basketball.

D.J. Wagner, Arkansas ($6.4K)

Wagner put up his 11th game of more than 20 DraftKings points in his last 13 games in the win over South Carolina. Wagner scored 11 points in the first meeting against Mississippi, but he had almost no peripheral numbers. That game was with Boogie Fland still in there, so we'll lean toward Wagner getting some counting stats today as well.

Value Pieces:

K.J. Windham, Northwestern ($5.2K)

Windham doesn't have the ceiling of Ty Berry, but he doesn't have his floor, either. Windham has at least 16 DraftKings points in all eight games as a starter for the Wildcats this year. He only played nine minutes in the first game against Wisconsin, so we can't tell too much from that game. I'll trust his recent production and stick with that.

Anthony Leal, Indiana ($4.8K)

The Hoosiers have used a revolving door of big men since Oumar Ballo started playing like a mortal. Leal has at least 15 DraftKings points in five straight and has been over 12 for all but one game in the last month. He has a strong floor but little upside to speak of.

Nate Heise, Iowa State ($4.4K)

Heise has seen a minutes bump since he played well against Houston with both Keshon Gilbert and Curtis Jones out. It's Tamin Lipsey who may miss the game tonight. Heise has at least 12 DraftKings points in seven straight games, with over 20 in five of those games. If Lipsey is out, 20 is a certainty.

Slate-Breaking Potential:

Cooper Flagg, Duke ($10.6K)

Cooper Flagg just wrapped up his regular season with Duke and leads the team in everything ? pic.twitter.com/MdBwVrtXna

— B/R Hoops (@brhoops) March 9, 2025

Flagg's worst game of the season (20 DraftKings points) was in Duke's only meeting with Georgia Tech this year. That was before Christmas. We all know what Flagg has done since Christmas. That floor game may be the warning, but we know what the ceiling is. That makes Flagg a great GPP candidate.

RJ Davis, North Carolina ($7.8K)

Some bracketology professors have North Carolina as one of the last teams in. I don't buy it. They only have one Quad 1 win. They need wins. When their backs are against the wall, that's when Davis gets dangerous.

He has only broken 40 DraftKings points four times this season, but this is arguably the most important game of the season. Davis is either going to come up big or fall flat. There is no in-between.

David Joplin, Marquette ($7.3K)

Joplin has had some big games this year, but he has had some real clunkers as well. He has four straight games with over 26 DraftKings points, including the last three with over 30. In the game before that, he had 5.25 DK points against Villanova. Ouch.

Joplin has 72.25 DraftKings points in 74 minutes against Xavier this year. The Musketeers don't have an answer for Joplin up front, so we should see something close to a ceiling game from him at a very nice price.

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Today's Late Slate DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks

Best Matchups:

Kansas State wings vs. Baylor

Kansas vs. Central Florida

SMU guards vs. Syracuse

Ohio State vs. Iowa

Rutgers guards vs. USC

Stanford guards vs. California

Core Pieces:

Hunter Dickinson, Kansas ($10.4K)

Looking at some Hunter Dickinson stats on Torvik this morning:

First, #kubball is 11-0 when Dickinson scores 22+.

This graph also shows how this year, when Dickinson has played below his average offensive rating, KU has lost much more games than it has won. pic.twitter.com/htAIIlR8xQ

— Sam Winton (@sam_winton2) March 10, 2025

That graph tells me what we already know: like it or not, Hunter Dickinson is vital to this team's success. Dickinson has at least 30 DraftKings points in every game since that ugly loss in Hilton Coliseum back on January 15. He has topped 50 three times since then. Two of those times were in the last five games of the season.

Dickinson is playing his best at the time that Kansas really needs him. He put up 84.5 DraftKings points in just 57 minutes against Central Florida this year. As far as matchups go, this is the best he'll find for the rest of the season.

Maxime Raynaud, Stanford ($9.6K)

Raynaud should likely be priced higher than Dickinson. He only has one game under 40 DraftKings points in the last five. Raynaud's ceiling is a bit lower and the matchup is a bit tougher, but he's a sure 40. Dickinson is still a bit of a risk to hit that mark.

Silas Demary Jr., Georgia ($8.2K)

The Bulldogs haven't been the most consistent team this year, but they are finally getting consistent play from someone on the team. Demary has at least 25 DraftKings points in every game since a February 1 blowout loss to Alabama. He has topped 30 in four of the last five games. Demary is playing well at the right time.

Jayden Epps, Georgetown ($6.5K)

Epps has turned out to be a good compliment to Micah Peavy. He has at least 20 DraftKings points in each of the last seven games, closing the season with 28.25 against DePaul. Expect another solid game from Epps. He hasn't topped 30 DK points since December, but you know he'll be in the 20s.

Value Pieces:

Brycen Goodine, Oklahoma ($5.1K)

You never really know what you're going to get from Goodine. He has come up big when Oklahoma needed him but also disappeared for games at a time. The first game against Georgia was one of those.

Goodine has scored in double figures in DraftKings points in every game since February 15 and has been over 17 DK points in each of the last five games. That's the most consistency we've seen out of him this season.

JJ Traynor, DePaul ($5.1K)

Traynor closed the regular season with back-to-back games in double figures. He only scored in double figures once all season before March. He's getting hot at the right time. Traynor put up 29 DraftKings points against Georgetown on Saturday. If he can come anywhere close to that again, he's more than worth the price.

Kobe Elvis, Oklahoma ($4.6K)

The Dayton transfer was slow to acclimate to the SEC this year. He closed the season strong, averaging 17.2 DraftKings points over the last five games. He averaged just under 10 in SEC play. One of his bright spots in conference play came in the game against Georgia (23.75 DK points).

Sean Stewart, Ohio State ($4.3K)

Stewart has been a consistent bench piece for the Buckeyes this year. He put up 23.5 DraftKings points in just 14 minutes in the first game against Iowa. If he plays near his current minutes load (he has averaged 20.5 minutes per game over the last month), we could see a big total for the price.

Slate-Breaking Potential:

Micah Peavy, Georgetown ($10.8K)

Gameday. Hoya. Micah Peavy the last time he played in the Garden: pic.twitter.com/rHFsNWobHl

— John Kurkjian (@JohnKurkjian_) March 12, 2025

Georgetown closed the regular season against DePaul on Saturday with a six-point loss. Peavy played every minute and still piled up 48.5 DraftKings points. Peavy has played all but two minutes total in the last seven games combined. His ceiling is astronomical, but a mid 20s floor is a bit low for this price range.

Eric Dixon, Villanova ($10K)

Dixon leads the nation with 23.6 points per game this season, but he doesn't have much help around him. Nova needs a deep Big East Tournament run to get into the NCAA Tournament after a loss to Georgetown last week.

The run starts here. Both Nova games against Seton Hall this year were rock fights, but that's where Dixon is at his best. He put up 50 DraftKings points in the last meeting on February 26.

Keyshawn Hall, Central Florida ($8.3K)

Hall has slowed down a bit, but he had two big games against Kansas this year. He scored 30 DraftKings points on the Jayhawks in a game where his team scored just 48 points. Playing in Lawrence, Hall went for 50.25 DK points in a four-point loss. His price point is great for a GPP flyer tonight.

Moustapha Thiam, Central Florida ($7.3K)

The freshman wasn't much of a factor in the first game against Kansas, but he put up 27.25 DraftKings points in the narrow loss at the Phog. Since then, Thiam has at least 23 DK points in every game. There is a lot of potential here since Hunter Dickinson is notorious for not being a great defender.

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