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Today's DraftKings NCAA Tournament DFS lineup picks for college basketball on 3/25/22. Mike Marteny's CBB daily fantasy advice for 2022 March Madness.
68 teams started on their quest a week ago. We've eliminated 56 of those already. Only 12 are left standing, including one team that is strutting like a Peacock. This is the day of the ruined brackets with the exception of the Kansas-Providence game.
We start with the darlings of the tournament, the Peacocks, taking on Purdue. The Kansas-Providence game follows that up. We have two blue-bloods in UCLA and North Carolina tipping off the evening session with Miami and Iowa State finishing off the night. This should be as chaotic as the first week!
In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy college basketball lineup picks for DraftKings on 3/25/22 starting at 6:10 pm Eastern. I’ll be providing multiple player suggestions for players at guard and forward, aiming to highlight one option apiece at the high, middle, and lower end of the salary scale. Good luck, RotoBallers.
DraftKings DFS Guards - NCAA Tournament
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas ($8,000)
Christian Braun has been the more consistent player of late, but Agbaji's upside is hard to ignore. It would be nice if he could get back to the consistency that he showed in the first two months of the season, but he flashed that upside in the win over Creighton. Agbaji stuffed the stat sheet and piled up 35.5 DraftKings points despite another disappointing performance from the field. If the shots start falling, look out!
Charlie Moore, Miami ($7,300)
Moore put up a huge game against Auburn, coming one rebound and two assists shy of a triple-double. It was his fifth straight game over 30 DraftKings points and the seventh in the last eight. I'll go with Moore even though McGusty has the higher ceiling because a couple of Iowa State players are familiar with McGusty from his time at Oklahoma. That little bit might make a difference tonight.
Remy Martin, Kansas ($5,900)
Martin is still too cheap. He has 94 DraftKings points over the last three games since Kansas started playing him heavy minutes again. The former Arizona State star is spearheading the Jayhawks through the playoffs right now. His shot is falling again, and he is the superb defender that he proved to be with the Sun Devils. This is a great matchup for Kansas. Once again, I will have a lot of Martin.
Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State ($4,800)
The Minnesota transfer is the only reason that Iowa State is still in the tournament. He put up 22 of Iowa State's 54 points the Badgers. He had a poor shooting game against LSU, but still came up with 18 DraftKings points thanks to plenty of peripheral stats. His floor is higher than most in this range and we've seen how high that ceiling can be.
Hassan Drame, St. Peter's ($4,300)
It may have been Daryl Banks that got the Peacocks past Kentucky, but Drame and company stepped up against Murray State when Banks went cold. The Peacocks have several options on offense, which is why I'm targeting the lower-priced options. It will hurt less if they go dormant against a Purdue team that has a massive size advantage. Drame put up enough other numbers that I still feel confident in a solid game from him no matter the outcome on the scoreboard.
Also consider: Jaden Ivey, Purdue ($8,200); Kameron McGusty, Miami ($7,600); RJ Davis, North Carolina ($7,000); Isaiah Wong, Miami ($6,600); Johnny Juzang, UCLA ($6,300); Jules Bernard, UCLA ($6,200); Doug Edert, St. Peter's ($4,300)
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DraftKings DFS Forwards - NCAA Tournament
Armando Bacot, North Carolina ($9,400)
Bacot has the highest floor of any player on the slate. He hasn't been under 35 DraftKings points since February 21 and hasn't been under 30 since a foul-plagued game against Pitt on February 16. The ceiling isn't too shabby either. He's the best rebounder left in the tournament and holds his own as a scorer too. The last team to keep him from a double-double was Duke 20 days ago. Bacot is a good fit in any lineup and his ceiling is plenty high enough as well.
Zach Edey, Purdue ($7,500)
The main advantage that Purdue has over St. Peter's is size. The 7'4" Edey towers over most opponents, but his size will be even more noticeable – and more of a factor – here. Edey doesn't play a ton of minutes so the ceiling isn't nearly as high as Bacot. However, he has at least 24 DraftKings points in 11 straight games despite playing between just 15 and 24 minutes in each one. Don't worry about the minutes. The production is going to be there. The same thing is true for Trevion Williams at a bit lower price.
Jalen Wilson, Kansas ($7,000)
It's a good thing that we have some nice value guards because forward drops off precipitously after the $7k line. Wilson has played some solid basketball all month long. Since the calendar flipped to March, Wilson has at least 23 DraftKings points in every game, including three games over 32 DraftKings points. I don't think the ceiling is quite that high against Providence, but the Jayhawks should have an advantage on the interior in this one.
Aljaz Kunc, Iowa State ($4,800)
It seems like the unsung heroes for Iowa State have carried the team into the second weekend. Kunc has 40.5 DraftKings points in the first two games of the tournament and is still very affordable. Of course, I like him more if he keep starting, but regardless, Kunc will see upwards of 25 minutes and put up decent numbers. He just doesn't have much for a ceiling.
Also consider: KC Ndefo, St. Peter's ($7,200); Brady Manek, North Carolina ($7,100); A.J. Reeves, Providence ($4,900); Cody Riley, UCLA ($4,500); Ed Croswell, Providence ($4,200)
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