NCAA Tournament CBB DFS Playbook & Core Plays: March 27 Elite Eight
Published: Mar 27, 2022
THE SLATE
2:20p Miami-FL @ Kansas (-6.0) 147.0 O/U
5:05p St. Peter’s @ North Carolina (-8.0) 137.0 O/U
Top KenPom Projected Team Totals
Kansas 80
Miami-FL 73
North Carolina 72
St. Peter’s 64
TOP GUARDS
Kameron McGusty (Miami-FL) Opp @KU ($7.5K DK/7.8K FD)
All three Miami guards (McGusty, Charlie More and Isiah Wong) are the team’s top three usage and shot rate leaders; They are priced similar with Wong being the cheapest ($6,600) and McGusty the most expensive but only $600 more.
Caleb Love (North Carolina) Opp STP ($6.5K
Caleb Love carried North Carolina to the Elite Eight on Friday night with a flurry of late-game twisting layups and deep 3-pointers. The streak-shooting sophomore guard changed shoes after halftime and then scored all but three of his 30 points in the second half, rallying the eighth-seeded Tar Heels to a 73-66 victory over fourth-seeded UCLA. The streaky shooter is on the positive side of streaky lately so you should feel confident enough to run him in all formats. RJ Davis ($7K) is also in play for the Tar Hels\
Remy Martin (Kansas) Opp MIA ($6.3K DK7.1K FD)
It’s been a trying season for transfer Martin. He got off to a decent start but then Martin he bumped his knee in a game against Nevada, setting off one of the stranger injury episodes in Kansas basketball history. Martin was in and out of the lineup in January before eventually sitting for seven straight games and fueling rumors that he was leaving the team due to conflicts with coach Bill Self. When he finally played, it was in limited circumstances. In the third game back, he played only three minutes. On Senior Day at Allen Fieldhouse two days later, he started but played only seven minutes. Now Remy is finally getting some love from Draft Kings and is no longer a value from as his price has steadily increased. This all started vs Texas Southern at only $3.4K. His cost has incrementally gone up because he’s averaging over 32 fantasy points per game in this tournament. Miami’s defense is one of the worst on the slate, so you better be fitting a couple Jayhawks into your lineup. At the still affordable $6.3K, I’ll roster Remy again and again.
Other Guards to Consider
Charlie Moore (MIA) $7.1K DK./8.0K FD If you don’t have the $400 for McGusty, Moore is also in play. Kansas is weak defending the 3.
Ochai Agbaji (KU) $7.8K DK/6.3K FD Miami doesn’t play defense
RJ Davis (UNC) $7.0K DK/6.9FD Love the leverage off the popular Love in GPPs
TOP GUARD VALUE
Matthew Lee (St. Peter’s) Opp @ UNC ($3.9K DK/4.5K FD)
Anytime you get a starting point guard for below $4K you jump on it in cash games. Lee has no ceiling but will play 30 minutes and should at least get you 4X-
Other Guard Value
Darryl Banks (III) (STP) $4.8K Scoring reliant- but what else do expect from a 4.8K
Doug Eder (STP) 4.5K DK Too many of these cheap STP guards- 2 max players use; Fade in GPPS
Dajuan Harris Jr (KU) $4.0K
Puff Johnson (UNC) $3.2K DK/3.6K FD My favorite dart play – but only if you’re locking in multiple lineups
TOP FORWARDS
Armando Bacot (North Carolina) Opp STP ($9.2K DK/87.5K FD)
Bacot has been one of the most consistent payers in the nation... The First-Team All-ACC performer is averaging 15.3 points in the tournament so far and is certainly capable of scoring well into the 20s. Bacot had back-to-back 29-point games in ACC play and 28 against N.C. State in Raleigh. It has been Bacot's consistent offensive presence down low that has opened things up for UNC's shooters like Love and Davis.
Jalen Wilson (Kansas) Opp MIA ($6.7K DK/7.0K FD)
Miami is not a big team, and they also have a reputation of getting smacked around in the interior. They regularly play four perimeter players, and this is an opportunity for Wilson to eat in a major way.
Wilson is on a heater. He plays 35+ minutes has back-to-back 35+ DKFP games. With a 26% defensive rebounding rate Wilson is second on the team in scoring (12.3) over the last 10 games and is also second in rebounding (7.6)
Other Top Forwards
KC Ndefo (STP) $6.9K DK
Brady Manek (UNC) $7.3K DK
David McCormack (KU) $6.2K DK
TOP FORWARD VALUE
Jordan Miller G/F (Miami) Opp @KU ($5.9K DSK/6.5K FD)
George Mason transfer has become power forward by default. One of my favorite players and may not be the biggest forward but he gets it done. He plays 35 plus mins a game and stuffs the stat sheet (7.4 rebs; 2.2 steals; 16 pts last 10 games). He also dropped $800 dollars in price after putting up 33.3 DKFP against Iowa State.
Other Forward Values
Leaky Black G/F (UNC) $5.3K DK/5.3K FD
Clarence Rupert (STP) $3.2K DK/3.9K FD Nuked slate last game- will come in under owned
Sam Waardenburg (MIA) $5.5K DK/5.1K FD Long range bomber- Top FD value
Fousseyni Drame (STP) $3.5K DK/4.2K FD
Hassan Drame (STP) $4.6K DK/4.8K FD
DRAFTKINGS CORE
Jalen Wilson (Kansas)
Kam McGusty (Miami)
Caleb Love (North Carolina)
FANDUEL CORE
Armando Bacot (North Carolina)
Jalen Wilson (Kansas)
Sam Waardenburg (Miami)