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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.
We get a little later start on this evening slate thanks to Mrs. eye doctor making sure I can see. It was worth it! We have a couple of smaller championship games on this slate with Wagner facing Merrimack and Stony Brook taking on College of Charleston. The Horizon League final between Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Oakland promises to be a good one. The WCC title game between Gonzaga and St. Mary's is always a blast. We even have the Summit League final from Sioux Falls between Denver and South Dakota State.
This article will provide you with my daily fantasy college basketball lineup picks on DraftKings on 3/12/24, starting at 7 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.
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Today's DraftKings Guards - CBB DFS Lineup Picks
Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga ($7.7K)
This is the time of the year that Gonzaga gets really dangerous. Nembhard went through a nice run with Creighton last year. He's ready for one with Gonzaga this year. Nembhard has at least 34 DraftKings points in four straight games, posting two double-doubles in that span. He played every minute of both games against the Gaels this year, turning in 66.5 DraftKings points. He's a capable scorer and great distributor. That translates well to any type of game.
Jordan Derkack, Merrimack ($6.8K)
Derkack hasn't been under 20 DraftKings points since November 12 against Maine. Adam Clark is usually a better scorer, but it seems crazy to me that the point guard who scores almost as much as the shooting guard (Clark) is $200 cheaper. Derkack is my main target since he has the ball in his hands most of the time. He also put up two good games against Wagner this year, totaling 63 DraftKings points in the two meetings. Clark had roughly half that against the Seahawks this year.
Kobe Rodgers, College of Charleston ($5.4K)
Rodgers only played 22 minutes in the game against Stony Brook this year, but he put up 29 DraftKings points. Rodgers is a high-energy bench piece that still gets around 25 minutes per game. He has at least 20 DraftKings points in seven straight games. That's exactly what I want from someone priced in this range.
Also consider: BJ Freeman, Wisconsin-Milwaukee ($9.2K); Tommy Bruner, Denver ($7.7K); Tyler Stephenson-Moore, Stony Brook ($7.8K); Augustas Marciulionis, St. Mary's ($7.5K); Charlie Easley, South Dakota State ($7.3K); Jack Gohlke, Oakland ($6.5K); Aaron Clarke, Stony Brook ($6.4K); Blake Lampman, Oakland ($6.2K); Julian Brown, Wagner ($6K); Reyne Smith, College of Charleston ($5.2K); Dean Noll, Stony Brook ($4.7K)
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Today's DraftKings Forwards - CBB DFS Lineup Picks
Graham Ike, Gonzaga ($8.2K)
If you want to know why Gonzaga went from a team struggling to stay in the tournament field around the end of January into a shoo-in, look no further than the play of Ike. His string of seven straight games over 32 DraftKings points ended last night since they didn't need him down the stretch against the Dons. Ike will need to have another good game against St. Mary's for Gonzaga to take home the WCC crown. Ike has 70 DraftKings points against the Gaels this year, but just put up 40.5 on them in the regular season finale. Call it recency bias, but I'm feeling good about Ike tonight.
Faizon Fields, Wisconsin-Milwaukee ($6.8K)
Fields nuked the Norse for 44.5 DraftKings points. As fate would have it, that is also what he averaged in the two games against. The Panthers -- the sixth seed in the Horizon -- are this close to their first NCAA Tournament bid since 2014. I trust Fields to have another big game whether they make it or not.
Chris Maidoh, Stony Brook ($5.4K)
Maidoh is closing the season strong, scoring in double figures in four of the last five games after not hitting that mark since January 22. He posted one of his better stat lines of the season in the game with Charleston this year, putting up 22.25 DraftKings points in 22 mintues. I always pay attention to guys getting hot during the conference tournaments. They can make a huge difference in your DFS lineups.
Also consider: Trey Townsend, Oakland ($8.1K); Ante Brzovic, College of Charleston ($6.6K); Ben Gregg, Gonzaga ($6.3K); Luke Appel, South Dakota State (5.5K); Bryan Etumnu, Merrimack ($4.5K); Isaiah Carr, Denver ($3.5K)
