THE SLATE
12p- Providence (-6.5) @ Georgetown 146.0 O/U
1p- Maryland @ Ohio State (-9.0) 138.0 O/U
4p- Washington @ Stanford (-4.5) 135.5 O/U
4:30p – Minnesota @ Iowa (-11.5) 148.5 O/U
6p- Houston (-6.0) @ Cincinnati 132.5 O/U DK Only
HIGHEST TEAM IMPLIED TOTALS
Iowa 80
Providence 76.25
Ohio State 73.50
Stanford 70.25
Georgetown 69.75
Houston 69.25
TOP GUARDS
Terrell Brown (Washington) Opp @STAN ($9.0K DK/8.3K FD)
Terrell Brown has been unstoppable and has single handedly led the Husky’s to the upper echelon of the Pac-12 He leads the Pac-12 in scoring and ranks sixth nationally with a 21.7 scoring average. With a 31.1% usage and 33.1% shot rate (36% usage last 5 days) Brown is the Husky offense and is averaging nearly 40 DKFP a game. Lock him in as the top over all guard play of the slate.
Jared Bynum (Providence) Opp @GU ($5.6K DK/5.5K FD)
Bynum has become a more complete player since last year- his freshman season. He ran the team and created offense yet wasn’t a competent shooter/scorer. That has changed and now Bynum is the usage leader at 24% as well as a bit of a gunner with a 23% shot rate. He is ranked 20th in the nation with a 36% assist rate and has only one game below 22 DKFP since the first week of January. Now Bynum gets the opportunity to face a very bad Georgetown defense that runs at one of the fastest paces in the country.
Other Top Guards:
Payton Willis (MINN) $8.9K DK/8.1K FD
Kyler Edwards (UH) $7.6K DK
Fatts Russell (UMD) 6.6K DK/5.6K FD
Taze Moore G/F (UH) $6.1K DK
TOP VALUE GUARDS
AJ Reeves (Providence) Opp @GU($4.3K DK/5.0K FD)
The wingman recently returned from a five-game absence and is back in the starting lineup. He is known for his shot and is now shooting at a 25% rate. His first two games since the return have been mediocre at best, playing 20 minutes with a 12 DKFP average but you can’t ask for a better get-right game facing one of the worst defenses in the country that runs at an incredibly high tempo.
Luke Loewe (Minnesota) Opp @Iowa ($3.6K DK/4.1K FD)
Loewe is a super senior that is on the court for nearly the entire game. He won’t light up the score sheet but at minimum price you don’t need much to make value. In Wednesday’s loss to Purdue Loewe scored double figures for the third time in the last four games and over that span he has averaged 11.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists.
Other Value Guards
Jordan Bohannon (IOWA) $3.8K DK/4.2K FD
Tony Perkins (IOWA) $3.4K DK/3.7K FD
PJ Fuller (UW) $3.4K DK/3.8K FD
TOP FORWARDS
EJ Liddell (Ohio State) Opp UMD ($9.4K DK/8.5K FD)
Maryland has a bad reputation of getting bullied in the interior- every Big Ten big man has had their turn. Now, Liddell, one of the best power forwards in the entire nation, must be licking his chops waiting to face them at home this afternoon. He has done it all this season for the Buckeyes averaging 19.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 2.8 assists per game and only two players over the last 26 years have averaged those numbers- Tim Duncan (Wake Forest) and Jason Thompson (Rider). He has been in double figures in every game and put up a 50 burger (54 DKFP) less than two weeks ago against Minnesota. Best overall play of the slate here.
Keegan Murray (Iowa) Opp MINN ($9.5K DK/8.4K FD)
Murray ranks first in the country in Player Efficiency (38.3 and fifth in points per game (22.3). He is the Hawkeye offense and in the running for Player of the Year with a 28.4% usage, 31.4% shot and 31.4% combined rebound rate. Minnesota and their 210th ranked defense will not contain Murray today making him the second overall play only behind Liddell.
Nate Watson (Providence) Opp @GU ($6.4K DK/6.6K FD)
Watson is not having the year that everyone was expecting but still enters today’s matchup with Georgetown averaging 13.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Providence is now ranked 15th nationally and 9-1 in the Big East and coming off a thrilling win over St. John’s on Wednesday where Watson scored all but one of his 17 points in the second half. He is shooting 56.1% from the field and grabbing 15% of available rebounds – a career best- and blocking 3.6% of opposing shot attempts while on the floor. Buy low price on Big Nate today.
Other Top Forwards
Jamison Battle (MNINN) $7.8K DK/7.2K FD
Harrison Ingram (STAN) $6.8K DK/5.7K FD
Kyler Edwards G/F (OH) $8.1K DK
Taze Moore G/F (UH) $6.1K DK
VALUE FORWARDS
Qudus Wahab (Maryland) Opp @OSU ($3.9K DK/5.2K FD)
Interesting price for the big guy here. He has now started five straight games but there are minutes concerns as he will play 19-24 minutes. Of course, that is baked into the cheap price and Wahab has come very close to a double-double over his last two games. Over the five games started Wahab has averaged 9.2 points and 5.4 rebounds and should be right around that average again today in the trenches against Liddell.
Other Value Forwards
Ryan Mutombo (GU) $3.7K DK/4.6K FD
Abdul Ado (CINCY) $3.7K DK
James Keefe (STAN) $3.9K DK/4.8K FD
Nate Roberts (UW) $4.5K/4.9K FD
DRATKINGS CORE
EJ Liddell (Ohio State)
Keegan Murray (Iowa)
Qudus Wahab (Maryland-Value)
FANDUEL CORE
EJ Liddell (Ohio State)
Keegan Murray (Iowa)
AJ Reeves (Providence- Value)