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It's Conference Championship week, which means plenty of afternoon basketball over the next few days and the turnaround on slates dwindles. I'm used to having 24 hours or more to analyze and write a slate up. During conference tournament time, teams don't know who they're playing until around 15 hours before the game. Then our pals over at DraftKings have to run their analysis and pricing. Then I get a chance to dig in. I will have it all covered eventually, but there will be less saturation than usual.
We have a big dozen games tonight! The Big East continues from the Garden with Georgetown playing Providence to open and Villanova getting to maul DePaul later on. The Big Ten gives us Rutgers-Maryland and Michigan-Penn State from Minneapolis. Vanderbilt gets a de-facto home game against Arkansas to start the SEC festivities. Missouri and Georgia meet in the nightcap. K-State and Texas start the evening session in Kansas City with Cincinnati and Kansas meeting to close out the day. NC State meets the Orange to start the evening in D.C. with Boston College and Clemson closing. Stanford faces Cal to start the night in Vegas. Arizona State and Utah close our monster Wednesday of basketball.
This article will provide you with my daily fantasy college basketball lineup picks on DraftKings on 3/13/24, starting at 6:30 p.m. EDT. I’ll provide multiple player suggestions at guard and forward, aiming to highlight one option at the salary scale's high, middle, and lower levels. Good luck, RotoBallers.
Today's DraftKings Guards - CBB DFS Lineup Picks
Devin Carter, Providence ($9.7K)
What a season for Devin Carter winning Big East Player of the year
The 6’3 guard was my favourite player to watch in CBB this year as an electric defensive minded guard with a clip
Finished the season averaging 19-9-3 with 3 stocks on 48/39/72 splits
— nbadraftpoint (@draftpoint2024) March 13, 2024
Another DFS article, another recommendation for Carter. Can you blame me? He has at least 30 DraftKings points in every game since December 10 and has been over 35 in every game without Bryce Hopkins except for one. He notched 49.5 DraftKings points and 54 DraftKings points in the two games against Georgetown this year. 50 seems like a given again tonight. No one else at any price can claim that.
Jayden Taylor, North Carolina State ($7.5K)
Taylor has taken over the offense for the Pack with DJ Horne out. he has scored 46 points in the last two games. If Horne somehow plays tonight, switch off of Taylor. He is far less productive with Horne in there. If Horne is out again, Taylor should shoulder the bulk of the scoring load again while attacking the glass. He has 86.75 DraftKings points in the two games without Horne and one of those games was against Pitt.
Adam Miller, Arizona State ($6.4K)
Miller played big minutes down the stretch for the Sun Devils. Washington State is the only team that held him under 20 DraftKings points (18.5) since February 8. Miller doesn't have a ton of upside, but he's an efficient scorer with good range and strong on the boards. He put up good numbers in both games against the Utes this year. We should see him in the mid-20s, which isn't a bad output for the price. The potential is even greater with Jose Perez out of the picture.
Nicolas Timberlake, Kansas ($5.4K)
Timberlake struggled against Houston in the absence of Kevin McCullar, but again, everyone struggles against Houston. He did well enough against Kansas State, scoring 18 points in 23 minutes. Kansas is going to be a shell of the team that finished in the top 20 this year. They are going to need role players to step up. Timberlake seems likely to be one of those since he played big minutes every time McCullar was out.
Also consider: Khalif Battle, Arkansas ($9.3K); Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State ($8.7K); Sean East II, Missouri ($8.3K); Dug McDaniel, Michigan ($7.8K); Tyrin Lawrence, Vanderbilt ($6.8K); Johnny Furphy, Kansas ($6.3K); Noah Thomasson, Georgia ($6K); El Ellis, Arkansas ($5.5K); Puff Johnson, Penn State ($5.3K); Blue Cain, Georgia ($4.9K); Gavin Griffiths, Rutgers ($4.7K); Jordan Longino, Villanova ($3.9K)
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Today's DraftKings Forwards - CBB DFS Lineup Picks
Eric Dixon, Villanova ($7.7K)
Dixon has at least 30 DraftKings points in five of the last seven games. He destroyed DePaul this year with 60 DraftKings points in just 48 minutes of court time in blowout victories. If the Blue Demons keep this close -- and they have been playing well enough down the stretch to hang with anyone not named Connecticut -- we could see a Three Mile Island game from Dixon. He's high on my favorites list tonight.
Ven-Allen Lubin, Vanderbilt ($7.2K)
It took the Notre Dame transfer some time to get acclimated to life in the SEC. He has played his best when it has mattered the most. Lubin is averaging 12.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 1.0 blocks, and 0.6 steals per game during conference season. Those averages balloon to 14.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.9 blocks, and 0.6 steals since the beginning of February. Lubin had arguably his best game of the season against the Hogs on February 27 when he put up 38 DraftKings points. There is a lot of potential for Lubin tonight.
Alonzo Gaffney, Arizona State ($5.3K)
Gaffney started against UCLA after Jose Perez left the team to go play overseas. He responded with a solid 19.75 DraftKings points in 36 minutes. Gaffney's stock had been trending upward anyway with 81.25 DraftKings points over the last four games. He's not going to break the slate, but he is underpriced for a guy who is now going to play as many minutes as he can.
Trevon Brazile, Arkansas ($4.9K)
Fielder has averaged 14.9 DraftKings points per game over the last six games. Foul trouble has been an issue for Fielder, but if he gets that under control a bit, he could start putting up big Brazile finally rejoined the starting lineup for the first time since January 20 against Alabama. He put up 24.5 DraftKings points in 30 minutes of court time. That should earn him another start against Vanderbilt. If it does, I'm all over this. Brazile put up 17 DraftKings points in 17 minutes against Vandy on February 27.
Also consider: Maxime Raynaud, Stanford ($8.7K); PJ Hall, Clemson ($7.8K); Dylan Disu, Texas ($7.3K); Arthur Kaluma, Kansas State ($7.1K); Russel Tchewa, Georgia ($6.6K); Terrance Williams II, Michigan ($6.3K); David N'Guessan, Kansas State ($6.1K); Aundre Hyatt, Rutgers (5.6K); Churchill Abass, DePaul ($5.1K); Chandler Larson, Arkansas ($4.3K)
