Eight teams have advanced to next weekend. We have eight more to go! The Friday games were all chalk once the officials got involved in the Kentucky game. Utah State disposed of an 8-seed, but they were favored in the game. Vegas knows.
There are a couple of games that are likely to be high-scoring, and a couple that are going to be half-court wars. That doesn't make them bad for DFS. We'll get more points from rebounds and defensive stats instead of scoring. There's more than one way to take down a DFS tournament.
This article will provide you with my daily fantasy college basketball lineup picks on DraftKings for 3/22/26, starting at 12:10 PM EDT. I’ll give multiple player suggestions at guard and forward, aiming to highlight one option at each of the salary scale's high, middle, and low levels. Good luck, RotoBallers.
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Today's DraftKings Guards - CBB DFS Lineup Picks
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech ($9.1K)
Christian Anderson looks pretty good to me!#TexasTech
📹: @WFLA pic.twitter.com/ln6vJJSiXG— Cole Banker (@colebankertv) March 19, 2026
Anderson looked good in the first round game as the Red Raiders blasted Akron, who was picked by many to knock off the Red Raiders. Anderson had other ideas.
He scored 18 points to go with five assists and four rebounds in the 20-point win over the Zips. Alabama handled Hofstra, but they still gave up 70 points. Tech can hit 90 on the Tide here.
This game is going to be like a 94-foot dash with a basketball.
Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee ($8.4K)
Gillespie is one of the best pure scorers left in the tournament. He scored 29 of Tennessee's 78 points in the win over Miami-Ohio on Friday.
Gillespie's big game on Friday was his third time over 50 DraftKings points in the last 10 games. He hasn't been under 25 in that span. Virginia isn't as strong defensively as they were under Tony Bennett.
Both teams can score. Tennessee is going to need another big-time game out of Gillespie to get out of the first weekend.
Eric Dailey Jr., UCLA ($6.3K)
Dailey has at least 28 DK points in seven of the last eight games. He is a major reason for UCLA's late-season run, not only getting into the NCAA Tournament but also advancing past the play-in games.
Eric Dailey Jr in a 75-71 win vs. 10 seed UCF : 20 points (8-17 shooting, 2-6 from 3 & 2-2 from the FT line), 5 rebounds, 2 steals & 2 blocks in 32 minutes pic.twitter.com/1mwktTVgyk
— Lee Harvey (@Sayian_Warrior) March 21, 2026
The biggest thing about UCLA is that they are finally having fun. Go back and watch games from this team in December and January. They weren't having fun. They were getting blown out.
You can say or think what you want about Mick Cronin, but he gained the respect of this team when he publicly apologized for throwing his own player out of a game because he thought he had made a dirty play.
Upon review the next day, Cronin admitted he was wrong. It's easy for a team to follow someone like that. It's easy to take accountability when you know your coach will do it.
That incident galvanized the team. The Bruins are 7-2 since, and Dailey is a double-double threat every night.
Jaylen Petty, Texas Tech ($5.6K)
Petty has scored 94 points in seven games since JT Toppin went down. He averaged 8.8 points per game before that.
Petty isn't the direct replacement for Toppin, but the freshman has taken over the bulk of the scoring load. Texas Tech looked like the week off after the Big 12 Tournament allowed the team to regroup.
This is going to be the highest-scoring game on the slate (according to Vegas). Both teams broke 90 on Friday. Don't be shocked if they do it again here.
Jacari White, Virginia ($3.7K)
White saved his best game for the NCAA Tournament. He racked up 26 points in 24 minutes. White only missed two shots in the entire game. It's not like Virginia blew out Wright State. They needed everything White provided.
Ht's a bit of a dart throw, but he'll get first crack at the Vols after what he did on Friday. The price makes this a perfect GPP play.
Also consider: Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama ($9.4K); Otega Oweh, Kentucky ($8.5K); Donovan Dent, UCLA ($7.9K); Jaden Bradley, Arizona ($6.9K); Drake Allen, Utah State ($6.7K); Trent Perry, UCLA ($6.3K); Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech ($6.1K); Dylan Darling, St. John's ($5.2K); Killyan Toure, Iowa State ($4.4K)
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Today's DraftKings Forwards - CBB DFS Lineup Picks
Tarris Reed Jr., Connecticut ($8.2K)
TARRIS REED JR. MONSTER GAME FOR UCONN 🔥
31 PTS
27 REB
12-15 FGHUSKIES ADVANCE. pic.twitter.com/8OYgiKX1A1
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 21, 2026
Reed was by far the best player in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and UConn needed all of it. Reed is only the third player in NCAA Tournament history to put up at least 30 points and grab 25 rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game.
Bill Walton and Elvin Hayes are the other two to do it. Hayes was the last one in 1968. Both played for John Wooden's unbeatable UCLA teams in the 1960s. Ironically, the Huskies draw UCLA tonight.
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue ($7.2K)
Just like last year, Purdue's veterans (Braden Smith and Kaufman-Renn) took over in the NCAA Tournament. TKR put up 25 points and nine rebounds in just 25 minutes against Queens on Friday.
Miami's center, Malik Reneau, is a familiar foe for Kaufman-Renn. He played his first three seasons for Indiana. TKR put up 23 points on Reneau last year. In the other meeting, he battled foul trouble but still had a solid game.
LeJuan Watts, Texas Tech ($5.8K)
Watts has played more minutes with Toppin out and made the most of his opportunities. He has at least five rebounds in six of the seven games, and is averaging 10.4 points per game with Toppin out.
I will have a lot of DFS pieces from this game. The price on Watts feels low for the type of numbers that he can put up in a game like this.
Blake Buchanan, Iowa State ($5.3K)
Star forward Joshua Jefferson left the first-round game against Tennessee State after an awkward fall on his ankle in the first three minutes of the game. Buchanan put up 11 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists in Jefferson's stead.
Jefferson was on the sidelines on crutches for the rest of the game. His ankle isn't broken, but for anyone who has twisted an ankle badly enough to need crutches, know that two days is a very quick turnaround.
I had an injury like that in high school. I could walk on the ankle after 3-4 days, but it was still a week before I could run on it with only manageable pain. I expect Jefferson to be very limited if he plays at all, meaning Buchanan will need another strong performance to keep the Cyclones alive.
Taylor Bol Bowen, Alabama ($4.2K)
The Florida State transfer has played sporadic minutes for the Tide all season, but he scored 15 points in just 21 minutes in the win over Hofstra. Alabama needed someone to step up with Aden Holloway gone, and Bol Bowen provided the scoring.
We're probably not going to see Bol Bowen get 30 minutes anytime soon, but he can come off the bench and score a lot of points in a hurry.
Also consider: Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's ($9.4K); Thomas Haugh, Florida ($8.4K); Ugonna Onyenso, Virginia ($6.9K); Oscar Cluff, Purdue ($6.8K); Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona ($5.7K); J.P Estrella, Tennessee ($5.2K); Josiah Moseley, Texas Tech ($4.2K); Adlan Elamin, Utah State ($4.1K)
