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Wa you Around Hello and welcome to the CBB edition of the Super Show brought to you by ftn Network I am your host Walter woodell AKA dub Deuces 85 and I want to start off by saying thank thank you to each and every one of you who continues to support the show the content everything
That we’re doing here the movements at ftn you guys can further support us by jamming that like button sharing the video and commenting throughout whether that’s on demand or during the live broadcast I am very very grateful for that we have some college basketball to talk about as we wind down through the
College football season had some wackiness today as usual uh we do have a solid nine game main slate that we’re going to grind through as we get closer to football wrapping up I know there’s been some complaints about the contest they will start to get larger we will start to see
More of that football money coming in and as we get into March that is when the real fun actually begins but right now we’re in the beginning stages of conference play we’re going to start seeing guys exposed as non-con Heroes we’re going to start seeing which teams
And players are for real which coaches can coach you know all that good stuff DVP is developing we’re having all kinds of success with the various matchups that we’ve you know been figuring out uh as promised I’ve been talking about having a a you know projections whether
That’s ownership or minutes or my own variation of of fantasy stuff and I do and I have the last two days been sharing snapshots of something that we’ve been working on to uh to share with you guys so this will be the first
Real slate we get to do it on a a you know bigger than 4 five game set the beginning of this week and into you know after the holiday uh we’ve been having some real success um that two game slate that we started with Morgan State there
Were like three or four guys who didn’t play for them that were like 15 to 25% owned we saw it yesterday as well with guys you know not making the reaction to jir Young being red ruled out then even the two game slate earlier today uh in
The Discord very active there on ftn we saw several guys and key players out that ended up with 30% ownership there from the valo team uh just a lot of good stuff happening there in the ftn Discord even when I can’t be there to post information somebody is backing me up
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To certainly check that out even if you do a you know a month trial or something just to see what it’s all about we do the written content we have shows we have all that stuff but it’s our Discord that we really stand on our projections
That we really stand on our our NFL team for ownership are just like Rainman good with it uh a lot of fun stuff happening and a lot of money being made whether that’s at the window or with those fabulous green screens that we get from DraftKings and FanDuel it’s a lot of fun
A lot of money being made here and we’re gonna have more and more chances to build on that bank roll as we work through the college basketball season it seems like it’s going to go fast we have what something like 80 something days before we get into March it will go fast
But there’s still so many opportunities to hit these slates and Conference play is really where we can show out and start to pull our weight a little bit and and you know kind of expand our Edge as well so very proud of the work we’ve done and I’m proud of this uh this
Projection sheet that we’ve had working still fine tuning but uh the next show which will be Monday night we will be doing some screen sharing so that you guys can see what goes into that as well all right let’s get into the Slate if if you’re new Super Show what we do is
Break down each game from a uh you know DFS prop betting and prize picks perspective we do it game by game the tried and rud method of breaking down a slate will list any core plays or or matchup based things that I like any potential Fades or you know if the game
Just is really not that fantasy viable pricing wise maybe matchup Tempo any of that stuff we’ll talk about that as well starting off the Slate here is a doozy of a game we have hofra who has been a very fun team for DFS purposes for years even without Aaron Estrada uh and St
John’s that is going to be a a truly truly fun game there’s going to be a lot of points scored in this one the total is only 148 and a half I think the over is is very much in play um I would be shocked if it didn’t hit like 155 160
Honestly that that seemed a little bit low to me St John’s being ninepoint favorites as much as I love the Johnny’s one of their biggest fans on the west coast I do think Hoffer at plus n is live in this one they have the the chops
To to really kind of hang with them honestly the numbers here for Hofstra let’s pull that up on the old Ken pal page um they are 143rd in defensive efficiency Tempo wise just 273 they’re not playing at the fastest Pace in the world did played Duke pretty well for
The first half before fading out eventually losing by 20 to them they also just had their doors blown off against UNLV and a tough close loss against St Louis uh but strong wins against Wright State South Florida and point for them this is a team that’s definitely going to compete kenpom has
It 7969 in favor of St John’s again I do think that they have a chance to make that closer like a five six point type of thing and I I do think they’re going to cover the starting lineup for this Hoffer Pride team typically is the following Tyler Thomas darlingen dubar
Who is just fantastic in all facets of the game for DFS purposes Jaquan Carlos Bryce Washington and jao Fritz typically want to look at the starting lineup for this group now they do have the Iona transfer silus Sunday um who is playing some additional minutes off the bench
Recently but still not getting enough to really use anyone outside of this starting five reason being they play a lot of minutes Tyler Tom is playing 96% of the available minutes that’s the fourth most in the entire country 33.7% shot rate 28.6% usage rate he is shooting 37% from
Long range and he is the uh 19th most efficient free throw shooter in the country making 94% of his 34 attempts way to go Tyler way to go Chan Carlos playing 85.6% of the available minutes and our guy darlingston dubar playing 84.3% of the minutes now Joo Fritz and
Bryce Washington play in the mid 60s in terms of percentage uh so they’ll be the the the two that are mainly getting subbed out you know they’ll be Sunday coming in for a little bit they’ll be some kajan Robinson coming in for a little bit so really we can kind of
Start to focus down even further our player pool on this team Ando Fritz you know we’ll have to take turns probably guarding Sorano it’s just a bad situation for him he’s likely going to get in foul trouble uh and then you look at Bryce Washington who’s there at 4-3
An intriguing price for him definitely especially if we get him in the 25 to 30 minute range he is a viable value play at that range uh looking at it Tyler Thomas 9k you’re having to pay a top tier price for him now he is a guy
Capable of hitting 40 plus I do think he’s he’s more of a lower end pay up on this late even though we know he’s going to play every minute he’s going to probably take 20 shots like everything about that sounds great I know um but he definitely lacks some of the higher end
Games topheavy ceiling games that you want to have at this 9k price point I do think he Coast in 30 but how much more over that it remains to be determined and there’s an opportunity cost there that’s just a little bit too high for me uh looking at w Jan Carlos he’s been
Heating up recently 73 still a little bit too high even for him so that leaves us with darlingston dubar at 72 uh great steel rate contributes on the glass heavily he can score at a high level um taking more shots taking a ton of Threes like just absolutely chucking making 40%
Of his 72 attempts now Tyler Thomas has 111 attempts he’s Ultra chucking but he’s shooting 36% dubar just a little bit more uh consistent there has a block rate over 3% as well a very strong shot rate at 26% just the the kind of total package in terms of he’s going to
Contribute in all categories not going to be reliant on one stat over the other and he just makes him a very safe look and you look at the game against Duke 24 points eight rebounds he had 41 fantasy points at Duke St Louis a tougher historically defense and Coach Ford uh
31 minutes 13 Points 11 rebounds 36 fantasy points the recent blowout against UNLV not as good he did shoot seven of 10 had 17 points but he didn’t have those peripherals that he normally has however that was more of an outlier game I believe he will get back to
Racking up those seals those blocks those rebounds everything else that were used to and accustomed to him having uh you go back to the South Florida game 37 minutes 11 rebounds 24 points nearly 50 fantasy points we had him that day at 5’9 a lot of people did he absolutely
Cracked the entire slate uh he’s just a very strong option at 72 so dubar is our guy than John side we have some injury news to talk about here or I guess you know some some ailments um Chris ledum for St John’s does have a sprained ankle
And is considered highly doubtful uh now DraftKings has him as out but so I would expect him to be out but there is I guess you know a potential chance of him to to come back here now Lam is a a fine play ordinarily I do think he’s starting
To adjust to his role and understanding that this is a team that belongs to Joel Sorano um the fact of of early in the season Lum was taking just a bajillion shots and it was really hurting their overall efficiency and it was really honestly hurting Joel Sorano which he is
The star of the team I know Dennis Jenkins is there but this sorano’s team he needs to get those looks he needs to get those touches feed the big man make the entry pass and he started to take a step back now this is the normal starting lineup for St John’s Dennis
Jenkins Chris ledum Joel Sorano Glenn Taylor and nahem Ali now without leum that leaves us with probably RJ l or yeah RJ Lewis who just got back recently played 18 minutes in their last game against Yukon or possibly going with a smaller lineup of Jordan Dingle although
I think they’d probably be wise to continue to bring Dingle Off the Bench until he figures out his woes he’s getting better he’s an improved but he certainly doesn’t look like the ivy league version of himself just yet the other option would be zubie aor who did
Play just the 10 minutes there last game he’s of course the the highly rated recruit that transferred over from Kansas um perhaps he could sneak into a starting spot there if they wanted to go with the bigger lineup not really necessary going up against his hopster
Team so I do think that we see RJ Lewis jam into the starting lineup there without ledum he’s only 5’1 which is definitely an interesting price um played his first game you know all the way back all the way back in late November 16 minutes had to miss a bunch
Of time dealing with some Shin issues and and other ailments 18 minutes in that Yukon game he was fairly solid you know six points three rebounds two steals two for five um but I think we see him play over 20 minutes here and especially as a starter he has to be
Considered in this matchup uh Lewis just adds a different Dynamic to this team and and is a a missing piece that they really are going to need he can score he can he can do a lot of different things and and contribute in ways that other
Guys on the St John’s bench just simply can’t at least right now uh Glenn Taylor 44 still relatively cheap had a nice game against Xavier uh typically you know he’s going to be hovering around that 10 to 12 Mark we can get more like we did against Xavier certainly a
Matchup that he can do some things taking Lum off the table that should give him some additional shots as well so 44 Glenn Taylor absolutely has to be in consideration as well danis Jenkins is a nice price at 66 I suspect we’ll see Jenkins be heavy chalk on this slate
Why do I think that because ordinarily anytime Jenkins is on the Slate and he’s under this 75 or 7K range people just Jam him in we’re seeing a lot of chalk for players in this range and and with how tight pricing has been this year and the lack of overall ownership
Projections of certain sites that has obviously hurt other Publications let’s let’s not you know foot around here sugarcoated there’s people have been affected by uh lack of ownership projections being posted by people we’re not affected but there are people that are having trouble with that so what
We’re seeing is a a a gear or a shift towards players in the certain price range we saw it with Brandon Carlson tonight you know the six to sevenk range uh solid enough logs name value a known commodity and somebody who’s getting minutes and danis Jenkins fits all of
Those categories and he has very solid rates as well so at 66 and and you know we can use him we can consider him highly towards the top of our priority plays as well uh 25.2% shot rate 25.3% usage rate 35.4% assist rate he’s only shooting 26% from
Long range but he does a a lot of good things for this team he was in massive foul trouble in that Xavier game that was the game in which he was super chalky at 67 uh just followed that up against Yukon with a 20 3 really nice bounceback opportunity for Denis Jenkins
And then we get to our man Joel Sorano who is 94 a a solid price considering he was just over 10K against Yukon they did a fairly decent job on him he still had a double double 14 and 11 but 34 at at 101 leaves a little bit of you know
Something to be desired there we know the deal on Sorano he can pop a 50 he can you know absolutely melt his slate down the lot of the issues with his lack of touches are have been solved not fully but they have have really been rectified and Coach patino’s got the got
The guys buying in that hey we got to get him touches on damn near every single time down the floor uh he’s got a top 15 offensive rating top 15 true shooting percentage he is a top 25 offensive rebounding percentage top 75 defensive rebounding rate in fact his
Combined rebounding rate is well over 35% % 8.2% block rate as well now he’s only taken nine threes but he’s made seven of them so Serano is making it a little bit difficult because if you leave him wide open out there he will hit it he will shoot it and he’s not
Afraid to do so won’t force them up and he doesn’t do it very often but that is another element to his game that he has started to develop love Joel Sorano um probably more of a luxury play I’m I’m really into the you know semi balance as
Much as possible that’s my thing I I you know really believe in it it works well for me so soron is probably not going to be a guy to start with but I I certainly have quite a bit of exposure planned for this first game and a mini game stack is
In order and something that if it works out people will be chasing us for the rest of the day so uh heavy heavy heavy exposure on this game and then nahem alen at 4-1 playing over 20 minutes even more on the table without Lum uh very
Scoring Reliant we saw Xavier put up a big number 24 Yukon six that is a very volatile situation there with Len but he’s probably taken 10 plus shots without Chris Lum so another bit of value that we have there all right we have Virginia versus Notre Dame now Virginia was just
On the Slate here playing that Morgan State team um let me get this pulled up now we had to test the DVP right because we we had Malcolm dangri where nobody else did he he panned out well and we’ve been able to take bigs against Virginia bigs if
You will against Virginia for the last two or three seasons they just play a style and they don’t have the height at least lately and especially not this year to deal with active uh an aggressive big men who can you know get it done on the glass block shots they’re
Just they’re creating Havoc that is a a thing that Virginia really struggles with now playing against Morgan State they did not have that person so while we’ve been able to punish Virginia All Season there really wasn’t anybody on Morgan State capable taking advantage of that I did stubbornly play Alan udam who
Played 25 minutes he had zero points six rebounds and six turnovers absolutely awful clearly overwhelmed by the moment uh Christian Oliver who came off the bench he had five points four rebounds two blocks and a steel I suppose kind of towards the DVP there but obviously when
We’re Target getting these spots that we think we can we can do well with the team has to have a capable person in that archetype that can take advantage of that DVP now we’re looking at Virginia playing Notre Dame the spread here is nine points in
Favor of Virginia and the total is 116.5 which is obviously very minuscule that’s very ordinary and usual for a Virginia game looking at Notre Dame we’ll start with them what do they have in terms terms of their front court options that we could look at against this Virginia
Team well this is a team that we are going to have a a difficult time I I suspect being able to find one to take full advantage the starting lineup for this team typically is Marcus Burton Tay Davis who I still really like and think has a bright future just needs some more
Development Jr con Gary Booth or Carrie booth and keba and ji Off the Bench they bring Matt Zona and Braden Shrewsberry still a very very short rotation for this Notre Dame team we like that now the I guess best thing in terms of of positional you know archetype who can
Take advantage of this is probably Tay Davis keba Andi is there as as you know a near seven foot guy um he can shoot a little bit he can you know rebound a little bit but he’s not necessarily that that super aggro athletic type that is going to fully give Virginia problems
U he’s also got a high foul rate and that’s something that I just don’t see working out for him he is only 43 there is Merit to having him in your gpp player pool but using him in a main build just doesn’t seem to be in the
Cards um I would rather go to Tay Davis and I know his price isn’t that appealing at 5’4 he did play 33 minutes in his last game two games before that 34 so he’s getting plenty of playing time he’s also a bit of a Fowler less than Kea is um
Strong rebounding rates like I said still relatively raw has some more developing to do but comes over from seatan Hall and is a guy that has the the skill level and skill set I should say to take advantage he has a combined rebounding rate of nearly
27% it’s a lean play to be sure there’s going to be lots of opportunities for us to Target bigs and and challenge this DVP against Virginia so we don’t have to force it here but it’s going to be something that’s on my mind and and I’m
Going to tweak the uh the the sheet a little bit and see where we end up with Tay Davis especially if we give him 30 minutes uh Marcus Burton’s been the high usage stud um not really the greatest spot to Target him against Virginia so we don’t necessarily have to do that 7K
Is a fair price for him he hasn’t been very highly owned on on any slate this year uh so he’s always a a kind of a a nice gppp get whenever you’re making multiple lineups uh and Jr Co coming off of 40 Fantasy Point game against the Citadel
Two games ago playing over 30 minutes as well he does also have pretty strong offensive rebounding rates almost 9% but he’s pretty lean play there at 592 and he takes up a valuable guard slot on the Virginia side they should be able to do some things here against this Notre Dame
Team if Notre Dame were to get hot and start banging threes and and you know uh making things difficult for Virginia on the offensive side there is a a situation or a a a pathway for Notre Dame to win this game or just make it to where Virginia you know Fizzles out and
They can’t they can’t keep up the score and I don’t think that Notre Dame’s going to come in here and drop like 90 or anything but you know the situation anytime a team can get hot from three and and extend a a quick you know nine10 lead on Virginia it’s very difficult for
Them to catch up um I think defensively they will make life miserable for this Notre Dame team the Virginia Squad here we’ll start with Andrew Ro who’s there at 57 one of the best games he’s had in a Virginia uniform against Morgan State just was all over the place 10 points five
Rebounds four assists three steals now he was a fantastic player last year as a freshman at St Thomas put up strong numbers I always thought he could come in here and and and contribute right away it’s taken some time here but now that we’re going to be getting into
Conference play we really get to see what he offers um he had a nice game uh back in early December against Syracuse when he had 22 fantasy points he’s probably a little bit too high at 5’7 but he is a player I want to continue to monitor because anytime he dips below 5K
I think he’s just a really strong play um he’s going to be getting minutes it’s proven coach Bennett’s using him defensively he’s doing enough to get those minutes and 30 plus minutes at sub 5K just makes sense for for pretty much anyone who has the kind of volume or at
Least the um statistical contributions that Andrew roie has we saw major chalk Isaac mcney you know he he ended up being fine but 19 fantasy points at 5’9 here he comes reloaded again uh we know he’s out there to shoot threes that’s his main contribution he is going to
Contribute in rebounds and other categories but he’s mostly just going to make value if those shots are falling looking at the Notre Dame defense they’re 112th in defensive efficiency their three-point defense not particularly great this is a spot where I could see McNeely doing well but he’s
Going to have the volume which he always does it’s just a matter of if those shots are going to be falling I don’t personally think he’s cheap enough at you know 59 to prioritize by any means if you land there for the last spot in your lineup that’s okay but he’s not
Somebody that I’m I’m really all that Keen on right now uh Reese Beakman’s priced up at 84 it’s it’s a little bit too high for me we had no choice against Morgan State because there were two games and he did quite well at 36 but for the most part I think we’re looking
For higher upside guys in the 8K range if we do go there no offense to beakman we used him all the time last year but there’s a big difference using him at 6K and and 84 love Ryan Dunn I know I might be alone in that love he just does so
Many things that are great for DFS and and contributes in multiple categories and lately he’s been rebounding at an extremely high clip 21 rebounds in his last two games which includes 11 against a tough Memphis team and then 10 in that game on Tuesday against uh or was it
Wednesday against Morgan State uh 69 is a fine price for him he’s like kind of a gppp look here I think he is uh going to be a major matchup problem for Notre Dame now the problem with dun is similar to the problem with beakman and it’s not
Been a problem the last two games but it has been for majority of the season is that he doesn’t always take the shots that are available to him he passes on open looks or makes that extra pass which is fine but sometimes you want to see him take more shots took 14 against
Memphis loved it took nine against Morgan State loved it he’s not a three-point shooter a lot of what dun does is he turns a steal into even though Virginia is known as being slower uh and turns it into a fast break opportunity and he has a lot of points
Off of steals and turnovers and that’s a great way for him to chain together a a nice little you know DFS output for you so I do like dun I think he has major upside in thisch match up but 69 is obviously not a price that we need to
Concern ourselves with too much in our main builds there is some semi values that we can have here Leon Bond looked very good against Morgan State minutes are still going to be Capp somewhat between 18 to 20 and now that he’s priced up at 5’4 not 42 that makes a
Very difficult decision he’s got guard forward eligibility and I don’t mind him as maybe like a a GBP alt type play I do think he can have success here it would require some foul trouble to guys like Groves um maybe mcon you know maybe one of the other mcnees of the world but
There is a a a real good shot for bond to make value here in this matchup if we can just get him those additional minutes but I think Bond’s going to be really good for this team uh for a long time and you have Jake Groves at 5K just
The 15 minutes against Morgan State he was very very high owned it was a two game slate so his price sitting there 5K he’s fine if you want him but a pretty lowend option overall uh and then Elijah grud at 4K just a name that you need to
Be aware of he’s probably a year away from being a regular contributor but he is somebody that they’re very very high on and we have seen 18 plus minutes in back-to-back games from tane Murray who sits there at 35 so that is relevant but probably not so much in this game moving
On to Pittsburgh versus Syracuse this is one that we are definitely going to be interested in hey what’s up little Little Caesar’s in the house what it do what it do um so this is a one and a half point spread in favor of Syracuse I do like Pittsburgh
Even though uh you know we’ll be watching the Mike randle’s betting show in the morning and I’m almost certain he’ll be telling us that Pittsburgh is awful and and doesn’t want to bet them and he’s usually right uh but I do like them plus one and a half total of 148
Now usually we’re looking for the high post against Syracuse most people looking for those three-point Shooters against the zone now Syracuse is different now they’re not running exclusively Zone they’re still playing it but it’s it’s not the end all Beall like it was under coach beheim under
Coach ay they switch it up a little bit but they’re still definitely doing so and we can look for players that we think are going to be in that quarterback High post type of role now usually when Pittsburgh is on the Slate I’ve tried to Target Blake Hinson
Blake Hinson has been very good to us over the years but he does come with extreme downside and he can be an outright tilting type of DFS Play The Price is Right at 73 I think it’s a a range that on a big slate like this people might gloss over it’s a forward
Position which we we you know historically have a hard time filling forwards are usually a week or spot in college basketball um but he’s a guy who does the things that punish a defense like Syracuse um and he shoots threes as well so you’ve got everything going for
You there uh in his career let’s pull this up here right now he’s leading the team in usage at 25% and shot rate at almost 30% now he’s making 46% of his threes on 98 attempts that’s top 75 in the country he is just absolutely obliterating his career uh average high he’s 38%
Three-point shooter last year 31 the year before that and during his time at Old Miss he was right around 33 34% so he has worked on that area of his game and he has been a very lethal three-point shooter now we go back and look at some of the Syracuse games here
That he had last year in a 9982 victory played 36 minutes 28% usage rate 22 points he took 17 threes in that game that’s why I wanted to bring that up because the volume was Heavy there they have a similar team and he’s still a focal point he might just take 10 plus
Triples um he had six rebounds two assists and a steal it wasn’t the peripheral stat line that I was hoping for that day but he definitely had that opportunity with nearly 20 threes uh took 20 shots total only three of them were inside the arc did get to the foul
Line a numerous amount of times but overall it was a pretty solid outing for him uh especially considering he’s not like a 9k option go back to early December of last year 39 minutes this was a home game against Syracuse in which they won 8482 he took another nine threes but he had
25 points 13 rebounds four assists two blocks and a steal exactly what the doctor ordered when we’re looking for somebody who is going to play more of a high post role and also be able to step out and hit three playay kinson is the type of of archetype that is going to
Give Syracuse a major problem even if they’re not running exclusive Zone he’s just going to be a absolute stud and the nice thing is he’s been fairly mediocre the last couple of games and they’ve been blowout games against lesser competition that might trick some people
There and and get him passed over uh you go back to the game against West Virginia 35 minutes took 19 shots over 40 fantasy points at nearly 8K 40 against Clemson in a close loss 32 against against Missouri closer games he is going to come through he’s going to
Play a lot of minutes fouls not really knock on wood an issue with Blake Hinson he is one of my favorite players on this slate we have really done well targeting low owned projected High post players against the Syracuse Zone because most part people just take three-point Shooters against them looking at the
Rest of the Pittsburgh roster here they do have some some some guys uh Carlon Carrington The Freshman who’s been really good ishmail legot who has been phenomenal coming in and stepping into a a alpha guard role um Zach Austin feder Rico feder Rico and then of course
Gamo Diaz Graham who comes in and has the uh random pop off games and then he’ll end up getting very low minutes now he did start against Purdue Fort Wayne he played 30 minutes in that one had 13 and eight three blocks two steals if we can continue to get Garo as Graham
Big minutes he has started the last two coming into the season I really honestly thought he was going to be a starter in playing 30 minutes anyways um the reason for him to start the last two is that they moved feder Rico to the bench where
He only played 17 and9 minutes over the last two games after being a starter for the first month and a half of the Season uh this is a spot where feder Rico can be fully ignored um especially if he’s not starting now Diaz Graham at 5’8 becomes pretty interesting he also
Takes threes not to the level that Blake Henson does but he can um he can contribute in all categories he rebounds fairly well um and he’s overall just like we saw him late March last year how good he can be um so please continue to give him these minutes looking at his
Rates uh 19.4% usage but his combined rebounding rate is almost 27% take it he has a block rate over 6% will take it and he’s shooting 37% from long range also definitely taking that and he shooting 71% which is top 40 in the country on two-point field goals gets
Himself in a position for bunnies he’s just very active you look at him you see him like oh wow this guy’s tall doesn’t have a lot of weight he’s kind of lanky what’s this guy gonna do he can absolutely ball and now that we’re seeing him in a starting role playing
More minutes he’s firmly in our player pool the last two games were against lesser tier opponents but I’m not worried about that if he’s a starter he’s in play for me uh is Leed at 75 more of a gppb look I’m I’m favoring or prioritizing um Blake Hinson over him uh
And then Carrington at 76 the freshman’s been really good but he’s also had some some you know bottom of the barrel performances to be expected from a younger player like him uh early in the season against NCA & we saw a 55 uh you know then a 20 so there’s some
Ups and downs there he’s certainly worth a gander in gpps uh takes a lot of Threes in the last two games alone he’s taken 12 only made one but that’s not going to stop him from taking him so I do not hate the idea of using Carrington
If you want but clearly for me I’m going the Henson route and also G mod Diaz Zack Austin who has shown some pop has some foul issues minutes are sporadic I don’t think we can use him at 63 that price is going to have to come down so
To tailor our Pittsburgh exposure Hinson guo Diaz Graham a little gppp sprinkle of Carrington and leot on the Syracuse side very different from ay to beheim but yet very Sim similar if if that makes any sense they run a rotation that’s still pretty shallow um you know about seven
Eight deep at most uh in the last game against Niagara they were controlling from start to finish they ended up winning by 12 but I thought it was interesting that uh nahem McLoud ended up playing 13 minutes but Malik Brown who’s been playing really well since
Last year uh comes off the bench has 15 and 10 dominant throughout quader copelan comes off the bench eight assists 12 points three rebounds he’s actually been really solid and then we saw accelerated minutes for Kyle cuffy another of those Kansas Island misfit toys and Benny Williams who uh frankly
I’m shocked has not hit the portal yet uh I I keep waiting for it it hasn’t happened yet he’s not getting minutes but good on him for staying I guess so you have two bench pieces for Syracuse priced up in the 6K range Judah Mintz of
Course priced all the way up there at 86 he’s fantastic you know he’s got high upside he won’t back down from this matchup a luxury play to be certain uh but it’s interesting that two bench players are the next highest Rost or highest salar options on this
Team Malik BR does have a nice Fantasy Point per minute number if he ever were to jump into the starting lineup and knowingly get 30 plus minutes he is a slate breaker at that price uh Off the Bench playing 20 minutes not so much cader Copeland we you know I’m hesitant
To go to him 62 kind of allows us to stay away from that uh we saw early in the season he had this super strong game where I was like Wow copelan’s going to be a guy they put him 27 minutes he was like like 3-3 right very next game against kesas
Plays just 16 minutes had a a pretty awful outing although at 3-3 11 points isn’t a death sentence but clearly we were wanting more right uh so it’s really hard for me to now pay that 62 price point for him coming off the bench he’s playing really well and one of
Those games was against Oregon in a a really decisive victory for Syracuse 83 to 63 in which he had 15 n and five he’s playing as well as anyone on this team but I just have a a real hang-up about using guys who aren’t starting because those minutes might be sporadic um if
You tell me he’s going to play 35 or something like that then yeah 62 becomes a a a really low price for what he’s able to do um but if you’re telling him he’s going to play 24 I don’t know that I’m gonna have him projected for 30 plus
Fantasy points like he’s been doing the last couple of games so something to be aware about there that has harmed JJ Starling his last two games he’s been under 20 fantasy points and it has harmed Justin Taylor who his last two games or his last three games he’s hit
20 just once out of those three I don’t really like the Syracuse team uh DFS standpoint it’s really hard to Peg they’re very erratic inconsistent Chris Bell was having some some really outlandish performances that pushed his price over 6K just laughable I don’t think he’s ever really truly in play and
You look at his logs you’ll see why same with nahem McLoud he’s had some big games I do think they will need him for more minutes here if he can handle them now there’s foul issues there’s conditioning issues he’s not able to play these large minutes uh but they’re
Definitely going to need him against the size that Pittsburgh does have on their roster uh and then our our guy Benny Benny Williams sitting there at 41 just what what I thought he would be at this point is not what we’re seeing and I don’t know that it’s necessarily all
His fault he’s partially to blame especially with the you know suspension stuff that happened but uh he hasn’t got the nurturing that he probably could have gotten in another program so I remain puzzled as why he has not transferred yet all right next up Liberty versus
Alabama this is a weird one um Alabama we know plays at a a a disturbingly at times fastpac they’re they’re all about that that new school basketball you shoot from long range or you get a dunk layup mid-range does not exist with this Alabama team they’re n and a half Point
Favorites against Liberty the total is 153 and a half will open up Alabama’s Ken Palm page here 32 in Tempo ranking they’re the number one offense per Ken poms rankings 91st in defensive efficiency they do a lot of stuff well but that’s not necessarily translating
To wins they are seven and five and have lost four of their last five but they do have a murderer’s row of a noncon that theyve played Perdue kraton Arizona Clemson Ohio State Oregon they have really really played a tough schedule so that’s going to help them if they end up
Being like a bubble team or you know like last 4 in or whatever that that they’re they noncon schedule will probably carry them but if they have a really horrific SEC season I don’t know if this team will end up being as good as we think they are as as a you know
Lock for the tournament uh they get those transfers in and Aaron Estrada who’s great at hofra hasn’t been great at Alabama he’s been serviceable and then Grant Nelson who transfers to North Dakota State he’s been better than Aaron Estrada but he’s still not quite putting up those you
Know 20 rebound games that he was doing at North Dakota State and it kind of warned against that that when he plays this upper tier competition he’s not going to be doing that and he hasn’t throughout the course of his career we’re also seeing him suffer minor injuries throughout games and bangs and
Bruises and bumps and all that stuff uh it’s really tough he’s almost 7 foot you know under 230 uh any physical front court is just going to manhandle him and they have the Alabama team is priced pretty much where you expect although they did do the whole like Walmart special like
Hey $20 n $ 199.99 okay I can do that uh so you have all these prices for guys under 8K which is going to make them relatively appealing and going to put them in that price bucket where they might see a bit of ownership Mark Sears sitting there at 79 after being priced
At 9k at points this season that’s something you know I try to analyze or look at people’s lineups or ownership on certain number on players and and look for Trends and all that stuff um and I have noticed that players who had 9k or higher you know salaries that are below
A certain threshold do see a spike in ownership and I talk about byow opportunities all the time so it makes sense Mark Sears has been you know obviously the best player on this team the most consistent um last year it didn’t come together for him he was a
Stud at Ohio for years he was serviceable last year but clearly on a Alabama team team that you know he was third fourth fifth option at times between Brandon Miller and Javon quinly he just didn’t get the ball and when he did he was just having to pass off now
He’s got a a better role like he’d had at Ohio high usage rate high shot rate he’s absolutely scorching from long range at 45% his assist rate’s as high as it’s been in years uh and he’s drawing over six fouls per 40 so Mark seus has been fantastic FC is well worth
The 79 price point considering we’re getting a discount on him Aaron estr at 73 I would have said hell yeah give me all the Aaron Estrada at that price now he did put up a big 40 Banger against EKU recently and and a major blowout win
But I’m not ready to necessarily jump to him at at the 73 price and be like okay here’s hofra Aaron Estrada let’s go I want to see a couple more games like that and by the time we get that consistency he’s going to probably be priced out anyways so I’m just not
Looking at Aon Estrada as a a realistic play for me um on this slate or at least right now uh Grant Nelson at 69 could foresee some roster ship there slipping under 7K that is again a price point that people focus on has forward he eligibility um this is a matchup that’s
Not necessarily tier a which is what I try to stay away from when it comes to Grant Nelson this Liberty team is a average rebounding Squad um they do have a solid defense they are efficient on offense for the most part so they will give Alabama a game and Ken palom has at
83 to 74 in favor of Alabama um I just think this is a spot where Grant Nelson could definitely perform I still really like Ryland Griffin uh you know Arizona game I I did have exposure there he had 12 and then of course he pops off for 35 against EKU
Typical really typical five we’re laying off at that price but I I do really like Ryan Griffin I think he has a ton of upside I honestly think if Estrada doesn’t find consistency as we get into the SEC schedule we could see Ryland Griffin take on a a even higher role in
The pecking order more minutes uh he’s already starting but I I could see him usurp Estrada there and and surprise some people you have Nick Pringle High Fantasy Point per minute player High foul rate always to deal with him 49 he’s definitely in play gpp look if you
Can get him 25 minutes which is a big stretch he is a slate breaker then you have the chapi such as Sam Walters who was really needed against Arizona played 20 minutes against them took five threes had 18 and half F points his price sits there at 4K
Played 21 against EKU obviously got to to shoot some threes rebounded really well against them put up 27 it’s clear at this point that that coach oats has to give minutes to Sam Walters and it’s going to have to happen now um seeing him play 20 against Arizona that was a
Bit eye- opening for me you know he barely played against Purdue barely played against kraton uh these are games that Bama is going to have to win when they get into the SEC schedule they can’t afford to have a falter against a Vanderbilt or you know they get foul
Trouble or someone gets hurt they got to throw Sam Walters out there and he gets star eyed against Kentucky so you have to get him more reps you have to get him you have to continue to play him around that 18 to 20 minutes it’s just stupid
If they don’t so at 4K I certainly like Sam wter I think he is a main team or in the conversation for a main team lineup um even as a you know uh typical bench piece who is going to cap out at most around 20 probably but
He has the downside for playing less I I am seeing a shift here though and and I do truly believe Walters continues to play more uh does have a shot rate almost at 18% shooting 50% from Deep 14 of 28 you guys remember during their offseason you know exhibition games he
Was absolutely making it rain kid has all the talent in the world just needs to get more minutes so make it happen coach oats make it happen uh other youngster Davin Cosby not ready for big minutes just yet played 19 against EKU you saw how well he did hit four of six
From long range he is a for the future play but I do like Davin Cosby long term Latrell ritell who had a spot start recently has been playing around 18 to 20 minutes sitting there at 45 he’s just not working out on this team the Dynamics of this team he’s he hasn’t fit
In the way that I think he probably thought he would um going from a guy at Cal State Forton in which he got every shot he wanted he was the alpha 31% shot rate you know 27% usage rate going into a role player type of situation it has
Not been easy on him um so he’s not really a factor for me at 45 we get him back to like 353k we can have that conversation and the mo uh minutes diminishing for Mo uh you know that coincides with Pringle being back and also Walter seeing an increase so MO is
Is on the sidelines at 48 for us as well on the Liberty side we don’t have Darius MC3 anymore that’s a sad sad time he was always so fun for this Liberty team you’re probably not super familiar with who they have now there are some faces that have returned from Darius MC3 team
And this Liberty team under Richie McKay is 10 and three so they’re kind of quietly putting together another solid season wins over Witchita State um uh Vermont and Ferman which is always a tough out a blowout loss to Florida Atlantic close loss to Charleston and a
Close loss to a very good Grand Canyon team that looks to me like a first round upset type special group um so and they’re only projected to lose by Ken pound by nine against Obama team right so uh I do like Liberty the starting group that they are going to roll out
There Zack Cleveland Colin Porter Kyle Road Joseph Vincent and Kaden maeni Porter Road Vincent and Cleveland all guys who got minutes last year in a a smaller capacity they they still have Shiloh Robinson who feels like he’s been on the team forever and Brody Peebles typically going to be looking at a six
To7 man rotation we appreciate you coach McKay Kyle Road leads a team in shot rate at 30% 26% shot or usage rate 38% from long range on 82 attempts Kaden maeni playing 79% of the minutes he does shoot 41% from long range on 69 attempts Zack Cleveland over 23% usage rate he
Has a combined rebounding rate of 29% and assist rate of 25.3% when it comes to Liberty I’m really only looking at those top three guys and they’re priced accordingly the matchups great against bambo because of their play style and how they want to Pace up um anytime a a team like this
Who plays a significantly slower style or Tempo uh you usually want to look to them because of those extra possessions that we expect I think B will be able to force their Pace a little bit more than Liberty uh problem here Road at 74 that’s not going to happen he did put up
Almost 40 against Utah Valley recently but you look at his logs in the minutes that he actually gets um and his lack of overall peripherals like he’s got games where he scored 18 to 20 reel and still barely eclipsed 20 fantasy points that’s a big problem I don’t see any possible
Way he can run 74 watch him go off now but honestly that’s just not a very good play uh I do like Zach Cleveland um not because he put up nearly 50 last game but because he has had some some upside games especially throughout different points of the Season not just recently
But you know throughout the last two months uh was solid against Vermont almost 40 witcha State team that that he had 25 against he was very good and and 25 fantasy points with zero real points I wanted to make sure to hit on that so you understood Zack Cleveland is the
Opposite of Kyle RH and that he doesn’t necessarily have to score any real buckets although he can 19 real points in their last game he doesn’t need to because of those strong peripheral rates we’re talking about the uh you know it’s not a real triple double but always we
Always say like he’s a threat for a triple double it’s not going to happen it’s like the mini triple double we got to come up with some fancy catchy name for it but the the 12 seven and seven statline the Braden Smith special Cleveland’s capable of doing that um and
I think in this spot against Bama we’re we’re looking at a guy who may have 8 n 10 assists five six seven eight rebounds if those shots are falling he’s going to put up a big score and I think Zack Cleveland is a really sneaky option
Because he’s priced at 72 is a forward we like it um but I I I feel pretty good about him overall I don’t think anybody’s going to be rostering Zack Cleveland on the state so that he’s not quite the Posh play at this very moment we still have you know another four or
Five games to talk about but I’m very high at Cleveland for what it’s worth Hayden methen is only 6K he’s a little bit more of a reasonable easier play to get to but we have another guy who’s typically reliant on his scoring ability he is going to play over 30
Minutes we know that should be those extra possessions I think he’s fine at 6K I honestly think he’s probably a a a pretty fat lock for 4X um I’d be shocked if he didn’t hit at least 23 25 fantasy points somewhere in there at 6K not the
Big biggest upside in the world but a relatively safer look there um and then you have the sub 6K options there the vencent the porters of the world Vincent he’s pretty uh consistent there at the 5K price um so I could see some ownership there rates aren’t the
Greatest but he is a regular member of the rotation that’s going to be on the floor a lot um doesn’t have to do a whole lot to payoff 5K there when he’s playing you know 28 to 29 minutes but there is some risk there uh he’s a very
Good rebounder but scoring can sometimes be sporadic all right uh before we get into Craton Marquette here Su Don play I have a question do you think Marquette will cover minus three and a half tomorrow I want to move on them line is kind of stinky but I like Marquette kraton is
Fot you know kraton I have been accused of being a kraton hater in the past I’m not really and then they made a deep tournament run last year that kind of shot me up but yeah I’m not a real big believer in this kraton team and I know
A lot of people are uh they have mega talent for sure but it it just seems like when when moments get tough or you know they they have some adversity uh it it just seems like you can’t trust them and and they have the pieces to do well but the same problem
As last year has materialized in that they don’t have a reliable bench you subtract nard for at Ste St Ashworth who has been playing better lately I guess uh but really has not been anywhere near the Utah State version of himself and certainly not replicating the the nart
Production that they lost um so really you’ve got Baylor shyman Trey Alexander and Ryan Cal brener and then you have a bunch of role players uh they’re even worse situation last as they were last year but I didn’t like their team last year and they made a deep run but I I I
I sometimes get hung up on dep too much but I I think that this is a very tough spot for them for sure so I would agree um looking at the market Craton numbers here uh DK actually has at minus four in favor of Marquette 151 a half total
The story on Marquette here 14th in defense per kpom 24th in offense 100th in Tempo ranking um 10 and three solid record you know they got undressed by Providence bounced back well against Georgetown also uh a tough loss against Wisconsin and a close neutral Court loss to Purdue this is a
Good team obviously going up against cron this is going to be a a real nice early in the conference season litmus test for both kraton and Marquette and I do think Marquette ultimately comes through here um there has been issues for Steve Mitchell uh has caused Chase
Ross to start now Ross had some nice early games as a starter uh you know kind of struggled against Providence then he ended up with four steals against a a pretty bad Georgetown team um he’s been great as a starter but Stevie Mitchell excuse me his status uh
Has been moved from doubtful to questionable to now available with that hamstring issue and he is cheaper than his counterpart Jace Ross who has been starting in his spot uh Mitchell comes in at 46 I don’t know that I want to play him right off the the you know he’s missed
What almost three weeks uh hamy can be a tough situation and he’s not really that great of an DFS option anyways at at 485k we were never really talking about him and using him he’s he’s not a high usage guy he’s not going to produce a
Lot he might fall into some rebounds but there’s going to be a lot of Fitbit as they say with Stevie Mitchell um and if he’s not starting you really can’t touch him but if he jumps back in the starting lineup for Chase Ross and you’re
Desperate for Value I get it um we had the nut game from David Joplin but so did 70% of the field uh at 39 this was a perfect uh example of buying low on a guy Joplin had been relatively mediocre stepping into a bigger role starting
Role this year um you know they they they take uh maxon’s prosper and goes to the NBA they fill his role with David Joplin and and he struggled coming off the bench High usage role didn’t have to worry about sharing the sugar as they say uh and he’s really struggled now in
This starter role because he’s not the alpha with that group but he went absolutely nuts with 29 and a block uh 38 fantasy points at 39 has caused his price to jump up to 5’5 hit four threes this will be a situation where everybody jumps off because of the price increase
But I kind of want to ride Joplin uh you know I think this is the kind of game where he comes into it confident after last time and they’re going to definitely need his scoring they’re a lot more dangerous with Joplin hitting shots confidently um you know there’s
Going to be those those stretches where Cam Jones just isn’t making shots and he’s been struggling the last couple of games with that Tyler Kik is uh you know when you think of three-point shooting um you know he’s semi eight 44% on 46 attempts but to to me it always seems like you
Know Kik he’s going to be generating you know points at the free throw line he’s going to be driving he’s going to be making things happen he’s not going to settle um and he needs somebody to be able to kick out to and that was Joplin
In the last game uh alsoo edoro you know he goes through his struggles not a three-point shooting big men very often he does a lot of his work down low they needs something or someone to open up the paint for him by hitting shots enter
David choplin so I I don’t I don’t think that it’s time to just jump off him at the 55 price I think it might make a lot of sense to to rerun him here um gives you a forward slot to Phil and going against a kraton team that you know
Outside of Baylor shyman historically hasn’t rebounded all that well Joplin can contribute in the rebounding categories and I think uh he’s just a a very solid overall look uh do I think he’s going to put up you know nearly 40 again probably not but I do think he can
Pay off this five5 spot especially if he gets hot hits two three four triples he’s he’s going to pay it off uh speaking of which kic love him usually he’s almost 9k now he’s fine if you want to get there not a priority um inodoro at 67 is a is a very
Nice price there if you think he can stay out of foul trouble and get Kel Runner instead in foul trouble which krunner really for his size and shot blocking he doesn’t really like to bang all that much so I think Oso could get away with uh uh maybe bodying him to a
Degree which makes him an interesting GBP look at 67 on the kraton side like I said it’s it’s really just three pieces do you want to roster Baylor shyan at 87 he’s been great Trey Alexander at 83 who has been great then he wasn’t now he is
Again and then Ryan Cal runner at 82 who has the capability of fully breaking the Slate with his BL shot blocking abilities he’s also been rebounding pretty consistently lately eight rebounds in three straight games hello Ryan are you are you going to be sucking us into some rebounding props here soon
Or what um and he’s been good A2 price I could see him actually pulling down some ownership there now I keep wanting to to sell this Marquette DVP because theoretically they should struggle against big men like Ryan Cal Brer but they haven’t Oso edoro has been very
Very physical and he’s played at a a a brute level that I wasn’t expecting from him so I continued to Target Front Court players against Marquette thinking that they’re going to eat and they just haven’t been um so again we’re in that same spot with Marquette where Cal
Brener should absolutely go off but fouls are a risk here and this Marquette defense I got to hand it to him they’ve been better than I thought they would be um and I don’t want to keep rolling out expensive front Court guys just to get a
A twox return if I’m using anybody I think it’s Trey Alexander he’s just man so very good uh Dynasty wise got him his first year got impatient had a chance to make a big trade for a a you know a senior that I don’t have anymore and
Kind of wish I had try Alexander still um looking at his rates phenomenal across the board playing 87% of the minutes out of necessity who else do they have 26% usage rate 27% shot rate now he’s only making 28% of his three on 57 attempts that’s going to have to
Change especially when he shot 41% last year on 161 attempts now you would expect that number to positively regress at least to 35ish percent um now his freshman season at kraton he did attempt 64 threes only made 28% of them so reverted back to that a little bit I do
Think that starts to level out and he plays really well he’s the best three-point shooter in the the Big East last year so he not suddenly forgot how to do so it’s just going through a slump in that regard but he’s still a highlevel uh passer racking up assist
Can rebound very sneaky rebounder much like Baylor shyan was a couple years ago before people understood what he actually did uh and he contributes stocks as well so Trey Alexander is the guy that I would prefer here but I recognize 83 is as a price that may uh be tough to get
To all right um wow I must be tired I thought you were the same person what’s up Trevor sorry uh Ashworth hasn’t panned out like they plan that team goes as SC gr yeah Ashworth man big time there you know there’s been a tremendous amount of disappointments and surprises welcome to
College basketball right but yeah I don’t know if anyone could have seen Ashworth not working out like this um especially with with how good he’s been kraton is just they’re so doomed without their depth and and you know trading nart for Ashworth it it just isn’t
Working um God forbid they get anyone in foul trouble of their their main three or or an injury uh and kraton’s going to be really dead to rights all right next game on the Slate here Indiana State the sycamores Larry Bird University versus Michigan State a classic matchup
Um Michigan State you know I I I felt really good about a future that I got on them like like two days after the tournament ended and I got a a future for them just to make the final four um because I had a really strong suspicion
That ISO was gonna bring back all his key pieces and I did think that you know to get another Houser they would go into the portal that didn’t really happen upgrades weren’t necessarily made for this team they’ve got some really nice youngsters in sophomore Trey Hollman and freshman Jeremy fears but
You guys I’m sure everyone knows fearce got shot recently he’s fine recovering in the hospital but clearly not going to be playing basketball for a while that hurts um they’re just a few days away from going into full conference play this is their last tuneup before Thursday January 4th against Penn State
Penn State DVP that’s going to test me Michigan State bigs we don’t like them what are we going to do um 797 is the kenpom projection for this which is might surprise some of you but at this point if you’ve been watching Michigan State basketball it really probably shouldn’t surprise you
Whatsoever um Indiana State’s absolutely live in this game now Michigan state is nineo favorites on DK it’s a total of 151 and scenarios in which Michigan State loses here are a Indiana State offense that has been really solid top 35 in the country they shoot a lot of
High percentage shots they’re an elite three-point shooting team uh they’re very dangerous if they get hot and Michigan State just kind of Lolly gags around like they’ve done the sycamores are alive to only cover but win outright they haven’t lost since November 10th against Alabama they lost 102 to 80 in
That one now they haven’t played a very good non-conference schedule they beat the doors off my rice guys you know I’m a big rice fan Mark Max Fielder Travis Eevee uh beat a a a solid Toledo team on a neutral floor by two points that was
Actually a pretty good win uh and then they beat Ball State which always Fields a competitive roster for the most part so not a lot of competitive or or you know tier a opportunities here so this is a big one for them uh the Missouri Valley Conference is typically a a
Strong mid- major conference you don’t want to necessarily see those teams in your first round matchups and this is a year where you know Drake who a lot of people have pegs Belmont’s always competitive Northern Iowa’s interesting you have my guys Missouri State and my dude chance Moore like this is gonna be
A fun fun Missouri Valley Conference season so this will be a big one if Indiana State can can beat Michigan State going into conference play they’re going to have some pep in their step and they’re going to put the rest of the league on notice um looking at these
Sycamores because I don’t think we’ve had them on a slate this year maybe one the starting five for them is as follows Ryan Conwell Isaiah Swope Robbie Aila Jason Kent and Julian Larry and then important bench piece Xavier bedson who uh has played for Indiana state for
A few seasons now has been a very solid three-point shooter for years turned himself into an elite three-point shooter this season um has had some spot starts he started the first couple of games of the year and did start against Bama but they’ve been bringing him off
The bench in this kind of like second unit Gunner rle and it’s worked out for the most part he did start a couple of games going Southern Indiana then they brought him back up the bench uh most recently there against Tennessee state in which he played 25 minutes off the bench
Scored 16 real points and a relatively easy win over that team um looking at the prices for the sycamores and what we can actually realistically get to um bedson is only 48 if he to be in the starting lineup because like you said it’s been sporadic
He has started some few games I think at 48 he would be the Sycamore that I I would want um he just won’t be afraid to to Chuck against Michigan State team his his rates are are not as strong as some of his teammates like Conwell and swo
But he does have a usage rate over 20% he is shooting 43% as a mentioned from long range a lot of guys on this team are um he has an assist rate of 23% he draw draws about four fouls per 40 a steel rate of almost 2% he’s just a
Really solid look there at 48 um he’s still playable even if he doesn’t start but you have to really temper expectations and I think that that’s getting into unnecessarily risked territory there so we’ll wait to see what the starting lineup is for the second wave of games in that one in
Particular uh Robbie AA sitting there at 75 that’s a tough one he did put up 50 recently he could certainly put up a big one here but we’re we’re paying a premium he does lead the team in usage at 25.4% and he’s also shooting 47% from long
Range on 32 attempts 20 point or 26% combined rebounding rate 26.7% assist rate drawing five fouls per 40 Rob Aila is a type of player that I love he I call them the Derek Walker archetype they’re they’re playing that quarterback role they do some high post they’re getting their shots down low but
They’re also you know setting up their teammates they’re hitting them out of double teams and he’s surrounded by three-point Shooters he also himself can shoot from long range very impressive player he plays a lot like Rice’s Max fieder I just love those guys um like I
Said 75’s a little bit of a a steep price there but I I do think he can pan out really well here in the way that he has played and the style that he played shouldn’t be a real problem for any of Michigan State’s front Court uh options that have to guard
Him uh next up we have uh Isaiah SW who comes in at 67 been a very steady producer he himself has also hit some 50s on the air he has the highest shot rate on the team at 28.5% and when you know it another 43% three-point shooter
On 79 attempts and a steel rate of three and a half percent I don’t know but I’m I’m really really high on this sycamor team for not only betting purposes but I’m I’m almost feeling like a mini stack like two not going crazy with three or
Four but you know two players from this team could honestly pan out Ryan Conwell there at 64 he’s a very nice you know balanced mid-range type of look that you can feel okay about using in all formats uh wasn’t particularly great in their last game but that’s because they had
Some real explosion performances the game before that against Ball State he got hot took 19 shots scored 27 reel put down 40 fantasy points to the board so Ryan Conwell is also very very strong of a play in all formats he’s shooting 38% from long range he’s not in the 40 club
But he’s getting close and he has a shot rate of 26.4% second on the team lastly you have Julian Larry who’s shooting 60% from long range on 20 attempts he doesn’t have the attempts of some of his teammates but he is playing 82.5% of the available minutes he has
One of the highest off offensive ratings on the team top 35 and true shooting percentage as well so you do have a a another look here in Larry he’s 65 I don’t like him as much as Conwell but he does have a rock solid floor because of
His rates across the board and somebody to definitely consider uh and then lastly you have Jason Kent who is priced at 48 a very fair price there I could see him drawing some ownership uh top 50 offensive rating fifth best true shooting percentage um shoots minimal
Threes but he does has made Seven of 17 which puts him above 40% um has a rebounding rate of uh 17.9% defensive 7% offensive he is a pretty solid look here at that sub 5K price point there’s a little downside there he has pretty good rates uh we just read
Those off but he has some downside here as well uh guard forward eligibility which brings him back to the you know higher end of our priority pool because we can have that flexibility to roster him where we want but there is a foul issue that could rear its ugly head and
That is the main worry I would have with him uh it’s not the highest in the world just under four but there are some games where he has picked up especially recently the two first half fouls uh and then end up with three so of course he
Could have played um but that is something that could cost him some first half minutes there but really there are five to six options on this Indiana State team that you could use depending on on your build and I think kway feeling pretty good about it now I’m not
Suggesting again that you roster their whole starting five could be interesting uh but I think one or two of them makes a lot of sense here against the uh Spartans for Michigan State you know the drill Tyson Walker typically the guy you want a roster he’d been pretty cheap
There for a few weeks put up a big game against Baylor and a almost there maybe a turning point to Michigan State season like they had to have that coming off back-to-back losses against Wisconsin and Nebraska they could not afford to get their doors blown off against Baylor
And and they turn around and they beat that Baylor team’s ass uh and then they followed up with a strong win against Oakland and then their last game there against Stony so they’re they’re playing well do I want to pay 8K for Tyson Walker I don’t um there’s just not been
Enough other stats besides his scoring to really kind of you know entice me there coming from northe Eastern he was always a pretty high assist rate guy um it’s sitting about 18.2% this year his first year at Michigan State where he was a primary ball handler and facilitator his assist rate was
36% uh at Northeastern 33.7% but that number’s been down around 18% the last two and he’s been shooting a lot more focusing on his offense and that’s not necessarily an indication of him being selfish it’s more of an indication of they don’t have anybody else who can consistently put the ball
In the hole and he’s forced to do so you have AJ hogard who is dealing with confidence issues constantly although it seems he may have put those behind him uh you know last five games he’s hit at least 25 fantasy points three of the last five he’s been over 30 so hogard
Starting to to look like a guy again priced at 74 I’ll take a wait and see approach there he was in that mid sixk range then if you weren’t using him that price why would you start now at 74 there’s just a little bit too much downside there if continues to play well
And into conference play we can revisit that stance um and then Jaden aens who sits there at 5’8 he needs to really be cheaper now he did put up almost 30 in their last game and he he took a bunch of Threes he’s made Seven of his last 14
Threes in the past two games um but he is extremely scoring Reliant as we know now the 5’8 price is a little cheaper than what we normally get him at but I don’t know that we can really be paying anything above 5255 for Jaden aens because of his role in what he’s going
To actually give us I always like Malik Hall he’s usually our sneakier option whenever he’s priced in the low 5K range 58 is a little bit tougher for me to get to he hasn’t been great over the last three games but he does take a lot of shots he suffers for
Confidence issues as well we see him pass up open looks at times and that’s when it really makes you feel sick the Nebraska game he wasn’t afraid of Chuck and you saw how well he did so I I think Malik H is worthy of a a spot in some of
Your mme builds but he’s far from a priority here at 5’8 now though Jeremy fears I would like to really seriously consider Trey Hallman a primary guy off the bench 22 minutes 19 18 19 and 20 over his last five so here’s a guy that we can pretty
Much Bank on 20 minutes minimum and he might even see more here against Indiana State now production hasn’t really been there for him until recently uh 16 plus fantasy points in three straight games two of his last three he’s been over 20 one of which was against Baylor in that
Big blowout where he had 11 to one assist one block and two steals also hit a couple threes for good measure he’s hit six threes in his last three alone and he’s playing with a lot of confidence right now um so I do like Trey Hollman he’s actually probably the
Most likely of any Michigan State guy to make my main line not sure I’ll actually end up going there but there’s real Merit to using him right now 18.4% shot rate and he’s shooting 46% from long range on 35 attempts I suspect looking around the rest of the team you’ve got
Jay nakin shooting 35% Walker 37 hoger 28 uh Xavier Booker 31 he’s actually taking 19 of them Malik Hall 20% nobody out there making threes keep the defense honest who can actually shoot Trey Hollman you need to give Trey Hollman minutes and you need to continue to do
So Mr ISO not that I would would question a Hall of Fame coach but sometimes he does things that just make me want to pull my hair out right um so Hollman is is the guy that I’m I’m really looking at there um I especially without fears you know I
Hate what happened there to him fears playing about 15 to 20 minutes pretty consistently there the last half month of the Season those minutes I think could easily get routed over to H and if he were to play not saying he will but 30 minutes for example he becomes a big
Slate breaking option so we’ll see how that works out he’s just somebody that uh is in the player pool for us though Virginia Tech versus Wake Forest Wake Forest defensively no bueno they’re four-point favorites here against Virginia Tech 144 and a half total now Wake Forest has some absolute
Studs when it comes to DFS purposes Andrew carrr is having a monster monster season starting out our guy cam hildr was going absolutely nuts he’s kind of leveled off Hunter Salis is who he is he’s gonna you know take shots and he’s gonna have some games he’s also
Going to have some floor games 73 might be a little bit too high for him especially in this matchup um and then you have bopy Miller who is another higher usage guy that’s you know going to uh facilitate but also be hunting shots he’s been really good the last
Month of the Season 77 it’s a bit of a high price again for the matchup I think for gppp wise it makes a ton of sense to go to cam hildr because Salis uh and bopy have taken a lot of the usage away from him he still contributes in all other categories and
We know he has legitimate slate breaking upside where he can put up 50 to 60 at any time so we haven’t got him this cheap at all this season we’re used to last year him I usually just hit his P he’s was a monster taking us to the
Window on his his you know over 21 and a half P 20 19 and a half hasn’t really been the case this year but he’s still really really good very active getting a lot of minutes taking a lot of shots cam HRI at 67 is a very intriguing GBP
Option and then you have Fon Reed at 57 he’s gonna have his hands full with some of these Virginia Tech front Court players fouls a very real possibility here for Fon Reed but he’s a strong option at 5’7 um since getting eligible right before the whole Ray battle and
NCAA giving up uh you know 27 minutes in his debut against ruter 12 points 14 rebounds on his way to 40 now he didn’t play very well against NJIT in the game after that two blowouts he was rough in uh the Presbyterian blowout though he had 148 and five
Blocks and looked a lot better and I saw some some Metric tweets earlier um um from some Wake Forest beats talking about the best possible lineup and what Fon Reed has actually given them and they are just so much better with him on the floor um he’s finally getting his
Opportunity and we saw at LSU he had all the talent in the world just never had the chance at consistent minutes and now he is um but I think fouls are at least making him somewhat risky in this spot against Virginia Tech but at sub 6K I I
I feel pretty good about you izing him there um he’s not a slam dunk play but he’s very much in the conversation now on the Virginia Tech side who could possibly give Fon Reed foul troubles what could happen what what are we talking here by the way Ken
Pomas is 7471 in favor of Virginia Tech or sorry in favor of Wake Forest um Lin kid who has been absolutely phenomenal this year I don’t know anyone who could really sit here and claim to know that they saw the Lin kid explosion coming with a straight
Faer without me just calling them a liar because he never showed this level I mean he’s always been a great rebounder he blocks shots but his scoring has taken a a whole another level barely played his freshman season at Clemson comes to Virginia Tech where he barely
Plays in year two has a pretty nice 2023 where he’s at least suitable as a a you know a unit guy and now he steps into a spot where he’s getting minutes and he’s just absolutely crushing 25.2% shot rate 25% usage rate a top 50 offensive rating
Um he has the second best true shooting percentage in the entire galaxy at the Collegian level uh and has a combined rebounding rate of 39% drawing six fouls per 40 and he’s only getting 2.4 fouls per 4 he called so he’s been able to avoid the foul trouble
Thus far although in his lone conference game he did get into massive trouble but still put up 19 and four against I believe it was Louisville not playing a huge amount of minutes High Fantasy Point per minute guy very efficient guy if he were to play 32 minutes which I’m not sure he
Can uh you know conditioning wise he would put up a 50 it’s just the the way he is playing and how efficient it’s ridiculous and you saw against americ 31- 11 in 24 minutes 14 of 15 from the field 52 fantasy points it’s unreal how
Good he is um I don’t know that I’m paying the 81 price but Wake Forest defensively they have holes they they’ve got leaks ly kid could have a great one here and if he gets Fon Reed into foul trouble early he’ll be completely unimpeded and just detonate against this
Wake Forest team so don’t ride him off at that 81 price um he could definitely still pan out Sean padulla is available after missing uh the last you know two weeks of the Season padulla sitting there at 66 it’s an interesting price for him he’s really not looked great
Over the last month of the Season he started off extremely hot uh I think he’s worth a look in gbps but coming off an injury just to plug him into your main I think that’s a little bit too lean there um hun Couture at 61 you know
What you’re getting with him a a you know primarily a scorer although he’ll contribute in other categories but he’s just kind of a guy there at that 61 price point we have Robbie Baron as a value at 45 playing 20 minutes he has scored 20 plus fantasy points and three
Straight you have MJ Collins who uh did miss a game here they’re playing about 20 minutes in a a low usage role he’s cheap and then the youngster Brandon Rex Steiner who played 30 minutes against American 23 minutes against Vermont in 28 minutes against Valpo however with
Padulla prime to come back we probably see Rex Steiner go back to obscurity at least for right now uh if he were to remain a starter pulla had a set back at 36 I do like Rex Steiner because I want to Target against Wake Forest I don’t necessarily love this Virginia Tech Team
For it but Wake Forest defensively they’re going to bleed fantasy points at multiple positions and we want to Target against them uh it’s a little bit tough to trust any of these Virginia Tech Guys a guy like Tyler nickel who has shown flashes but also has a negative floor uh it’s
Hard to use so I think it’s it’s really probably Lin kid or bust and it’s a huge opportunity cost there especially if you know God forbid he gets into foul trouble or a Rex Steiner Robbie Baron you know value special there but uh we definitely want to Target against Wake Forest when
Possible all right we have Kansas and we have Witcher State this is a big time in the TBT a a rivalry game I don’t know how many of you are you know follow the TBT tournament but uh the million-dollar tournament with uh ex you know alumni and overseas players and and
Things of that nature anyways Kansas is a 13-point favorite 146 is the total Kansas looking at the Ken pom page here projected 7866 calling it on a neutral uh at the T-Mobile Center there which is in Kansas City Missouri I believe um not too worried I do think Kansas wins here I’m
I’m a little bit worried about Kansas and how do you worry about an 111 team uh right now they’re just steamrolling opponents and they look great but it’s there’s a lot of difference grinding through the conference schedule early and and getting into a win or go home situation I worry about Kansas
Because I think they lack the secondary options to be able to Outlast the hot opponent foul trouble injuries any of that stuff I just I feel like that could undress Kansas quickly they lost a ton in the off season to the transfer portal less you know very little used freshmen
Who are actually going off and and playing minutes at their destination coming into it you know bringing in Parker Brown yeah it’s a feel good story because of Christian Nicholas Timberlake who you know shot well scored well at talson has been very lackluster and you’ve got a couple of
Freshmen that you’re starting to rely on out of necessity so really Kevin mcculler has had to do god tier like stuff and he is putting up huge numbers Hunter Dickinson is putting up nice rebounding numbers and he’s had some big games you know a a true
Uh classic low post presence in a bill self offensive system is is always going to work out uh KJ Adams not much of a DFS option at the prices that he has become and then Dean Harris who is on record saying you know I can score but I
Just don’t need to I think we’re going to be getting into territory where he needs to score uh and you’ll see in games that you know they are close and end up winning he’s had some pretty big scor Bor in Opportunities the Kentucky game way back in November he scored 23
Real points and they held off a very tough charge from that Kentucky Squad um 68 is a tough price but in games that you think are going to be close I think we definitely want to use him I don’t know this is the spot to use him but I I
Certainly will not be riding him off like a lot of others do um you have the frost El Marco Jackson who’s playing starter minutes at 46 going through Growing Pains but he’s playing those minutes if you’re hard up for value at least you have a kid that you know
Starting and going to be on the floor uh they are going to get back the other youngster Johnny Fury who missed a couple of games there uh not a big minute guy I do think this is a game where they do throw him out there for 15 to 16ish minutes to get
Him some more uh you know playing time acclimated to their system and just really get like Jitters out playing you know when I played I don’t know about you guys but before every game regardless of how many years I played I always had butterflies or would worry
About this worry about that and it’s just good to play and get those reps in minutes so I think Fury’s an interesting play at 38 I actually think he could contribute quite well we saw him against UMKC play 15 minutes he took a couple of Threes hit them shot four of seven and
Put together a pretty solid 20 Fantasy Point performance so keep an eye on Fury he’s a nice look his presence makes Nick Timberlake I think think an afterthought now I know Nick Timberlake out of necessity played 29 minutes against Yale they were in control of that game from
Start to finish Timberlake did take 10 shots he for the first time all season looked like the Thousand version that Kansas thought they were getting when they prioritized him over obviously what we now know were better transfer portal options 13 and three put up 23 fantasy
Points he’s 4K do I think that he’s going to do that again no I don’t um 29 minutes would be a stretch a stretch especially with Fury perhaps self-making the realization that man my bench is light I need to to get these guys comfortable I don’t know that he goes
Back to a four minute per game roll maybe we see Timberlake settle into a 20 minute per game spot which would be fine for him and at 4K that would absolutely be viable so depends on what you you believe there if Fury’s presence puts him back to non-existence or if he
Earned from that one game you know 20 plus minutes going forward more of a gpp look for me um but if you’re telling me we’re getting to in Timberlake now uh which sounds like a wrestler you know I I would be all over met 4K witch do state they’ve been a very
Good fantasy team they have uh a pretty tight rotation as well although they’ve they’ve gotten some guys available that’s that’s stretched that out to a degree just lost a a close one to Kansas State uh that was an ugly game my God that was an ugly one to
Watch uh both sides really struggled at times the K State Side just made more plays and and and you know Tyler Perry ended up having a nice second half uh the starting five for this group typically Kobe Rogers Quincy Ballard Haron Beverly Xavier Bell and Kenny poto
They do have Ronnie de gry now available waiver ready to go playing significant minutes 15 to 20 Off the Bench Isaac abidi who has all the upside in the world but not refined playing about 10 to 15 and then you have Dal rinal who looks like Ronnie de gry is going to
Come in and and take D’s minutes down um D was playing 25 26 28 minutes off the bench in a lot of games and since deg gry has been available he’s dropped down to 14 and that hasn’t been from foul or anything it’s it’s strictly been they’re
Running another guy in the rotation and it’s coming directly out of his minute total um so you can’t really use D even though he was a pretty appealing look and and actually paid off more than people probably realized uh he’s going to get down to like a 4K price that’s
Really going to put us to the test at 51 he’s an easy fade though Ronnie deg gray there at 38 forward playing about 20 minutes makes a lot of sense paid off against Kate he didn’t pay off in his first appearance but he is playing that
18 to 20 minute guarantee I like him as a value uh going up against Kansas maybe not the greatest spot but 38 what do you what can I say right uh I do like the price on Quincy Ballard but he seems like he’ll probably just go into foul trouble against
Dickinson very high rebounding rate can block shots not much of a scorer if he can stay on the floor he definitely looks at appealing at that but I think Dickinson ends up getting him into foul trouble I think Dickinson ends up getting poto to a degree when he has to
Check him into foul trouble so I don’t have a lot of interest in the the starting front Court players for witto State um we have seen a real breakout from Harland Beverly which I swear to you two or three years ago for Miami he played this well um but 66 that’s a
Pretty steep price I don’t think we’re paying that the Xavier Bell price of 65 same thing he was really good for us early in the season but he’s just priced out Kobe Rogers there at 74 same kind of deal it’s really Ronnie de gry or or
Nobody for witto State just the way that they’re playing and the way this game sets up it’s it’s not hugely appealing to me now Haron Beverly has done really well this season for which D St been a key performer and then over at uh at Indiana Anthony Walker is is having a monster
Which three years ago from Miami he was good nobody believes me it’s like it never happened could you imagine Miami with this Anthony Walker and this harand Beverly another team without without a bench but man that’s that’s got to be painful for uh coach Lena all right last
Game on the Slate UCLA and Oregon now the Oregon Ducks were on the Slate yesterday and the first day that I really had the the projection sheet available and refined and kwami Evans was just bursting on that and and you know we’ve had some bad experiences with
Kwami Evans in the past at ftn uh we reluctantly ended up using him because hey he’s projecting so well and it turns out he ended up being super shocky at 45% and he blew the Slate apart if you didn’t have kwami Evans yesterday you probably didn’t do too well all that did
Was make his price go from 7K 75 to 85 now which is a very difficult ask against a UCLA team that he can take advantage of like kwami Evans draft stock is so uh in a big performance against a listless UCLA team will further kind of push him towards possible Lottery status
That’s what I’m hearing all right the spread here seven and a half Point favorites are the Ducks both these teams are lame they’re lame Ducks if you will 136 and a half total um you saw my Huskies they ended up losing to Colorado tonight but they were pushing them all
Night never mind the fact that they were missing half their team Colorado was but huskies are the team outside of Arizona and Colorado to to threaten the Pack 12 not UCLA certainly and I think that will end up beating Oregon so the Ducks fans will have another reason to complain
About the Huskies uh but Evans at 85 he is way too athletic way too gifted I mean he just he he anticipates passing Lanes he blocks shots from like a spot for far back on the court that has no business not maybe not LeBron chase down blocks but he’s blocking
Shots from like a half a court away where you’re like whoa where did that come from he’s rebounding at a high rate he’s now scoring confidently he’s hitting threes confidently like this kid man he deserves a heat check the 85 is a really tough pill to swallow but of all
The options on on Oregon it’s now become quab Evans like he is that good um we saw Germaine quinart he wasn’t chalk last slate he really penalized anyone who rostered him put up 23 there against the USC that caused his price to dip to 71 I do suspect that price point draws a
Lot of ownership to quenard and you know My Philosophy with quinard anytime he’s industry chalk I usually fade it works way more than it doesn’t and and there’ll be times where the chalk quart does beat us and that’s fine but like way more than not he ends up putting a
Sub 4X performance together and it doesn’t hurt us that bad so um it’s different because you know last year we were fading a chock 55 quard getting away with it so why wouldn’t I feel okay about fading a 71 uh especially with the maturation the quick maturation of kwami
Evans and the recent development and and you know explosion from Jackson chelstead there’s just other guys and Cario Endo coming off the bench scoring a little more efficiently than we’ve seen out of him the last couple of Seasons um so Jackson chelstead he’s 69 it’s a tougher price but he’s playing
Extremely well too which means we can get away from aard chock I don’t think he’s really all that great of a play even though I think price-wise will draw people in speaking of a quendo he’s 5-3 high usage guy has put up 20 plus fantasy points in three of his last four
If you want to go to a quendo I don’t mind totally scoring Reliant not starting capped around 23 to 25 minutes just a middling play they did get Khan bartholomy back he didn’t start but he did play 16 minutes suspect he will be over 20 minutes in this UCLA
Game that’s going to come out of the jadrien Tracy you know pool maybe some less minutes for Brennan Rigby we’ll see how that ultimately shakes out rsby has been a viable value at the sub 5K price point that he typically is but I suspect those minutes will go down and and
Lately he’s just not been very involved in the game anyways um so you have a decision to make if you want something from the Oregon UCLA game Evans might be your best look but I also realize 85 is a very tough ask on the UCLA side I
Won’t be tricked into using ad Dean B maybe some will put up 34 against Oregon State Oregon state is a a lot different than Oregon in terms of what beats them I don’t foresee Bonas staying out of foul trouble against a more athletic Oregon team and I certainly don’t think
He’s putting up 30 plus fantasy points so I’m not going to chase that 7K we learned that lesson early in the season the player I usually look at when the Bruins are on the Slate is our man Sebastian Mack who is a younger player but is very gifted and it’s going to be
Very very good for a a very bad UCLA team wasn’t great against Oregon State that’ll keep his ownership down but what it did do is brought his price from a you know way too high 75 to a more manageable 68 that does give me Intrigue enough to seriously consider using him
In some form or fashion in one of my lineup that I’d be rolling out there um he does lead the team in shot rate at 25.2% has a usage rate of 26.2% which is slightly behind adem bana at 27.6% steel rate over 3% he’s drawing a whopping 7.4 fouls per 40 he gets
Himself to the foul line at a very high clip which is great you love it uh and only shooting 26% from long range but a freshman has more maturing to do more developing if if he sticks around the program for two three seasons you’re going to be talking about a 9k player
He’s that good um the rest of the Bruins rotation it’s it’s really hard to pick because Lazar stephanovich the Utah transfer he’s going to play over 30 minutes but he’s not really all that involved he’s more of a role player um you know he’s gonna have a lot of empty
Minutes Dylan Andrews we know the case on him very inconsistent still to this day as a sophomore he’ll have blowup games but for the most part I try to avoid Dylan Andrews when he’s priced above 6K then you have will McLendon Brandon Williams Adam Mara Devin Williams all these random bench pieces
Who see spikes in minutes then they barely play um berky uh you know I have his his last name pronunciation somewhere in my notes but I can’t find it so I just say berky the Turkish kid who did get the start he missed a few games early on got available started
Against Marquette played 27 minutes then they moved into the bench for a few games then he missed a few games came back against Maryland played 12 minutes obviously did enough there to Warrant MC Cronin starting him and against Oregon State he got into major foul trouble
Played Just 14 minutes but he did start had five points two assists and a rebound but seven fouls in his his last two games have returning so you have to be careful with berki there he has a seven fouls per 40 rate he is priced at
A level where he has the talent to payoff this 4-2 seeing him in international play he’s been very good but the Collegian game’s a lot different uh it’s not really working out for him healthwise he’s dealing with a nagging ankle injury that’s clearly affecting him in a negative way so even
If he starts I would not have much if any interest in using him in fact the UCLA team is is not a a x out for me but it’s pretty close if I’m not using Mac at 68 and I suspect I won’t have the salary for him Bruins are nearly a full
Fade that I’m coming back over to Oregon trying to figure out a way to play kwam Evans because I don’t think the fun stops yet I I think we’re in for another 40 plus performance here against the Bruins all right so that wraps up the Slate breakdown let’s talk about core prize
Picks and then we’ll get out of here started a little bit late so we’re still making good time darlingston dubar walking all the way back there talking about the hopster kit at 72 great matchup here against the St John’s team that’s going to have plenty of fantasy
Goodness dubar is the safest on Hofer to me because you throw out last game against unov which I know wasn’t great for his peripherals did score 17 re but typically he’s going to give us a lot of assists a lot of other categories so darling and dubar is our guy at 72 he
Can rack them up really really quickly core play number two and will be the designated Posh play of the day we haven’t had one since before Christmas uh I don’t suspect Blake Hinson to Warrant Mitch ownership from people typically he he’s only chalky in like the easiest of matchups that people
Perceive and I think Syracuse most are still wired to Target just simple three-point shooting guards against them the high post has been something that a lot of people just can’t seem to grasp so I’m taking Blake Hinson his core play number two at 73 and also gets the Posh
Alexander Posh play of the day modifier uh which helps quite a bit he is Court play number two and we have two guys in the 7K range so you’re already seeing what are we doing here we’re we’re trying to go balanc as much as possible right uh we’re we’re probably not going
To get the the mcculler Dickinson Sorano Thomas plays in although mcculler has been like I said God tier with how good he is and I do think he’ll punish witch do state but how much can we actually pay for the guy considering mcculler just three four years ago at 4 five was
Putting up these big numbers as a a you know off brand uh role player for Texas Tech and then the third member of the core it’s it’s a bit of a tossup we’re going to have to see like starting lineups right now I’m leaning towards one of my favorite values being Sam
Walters but I recognize that’s a very lean play if he doesn’t actually you know break into starting lineup or can we can we truthfully predict his his minutes uh on a game- to game basis but I do really like him and think he is a fantastic option um but core play number
Three I think what we’ll do is we’ll go with the uh a cheap St John’s value we’ll stick with this Hofer game um which is mini stack if it comes with the cave out if RJ Lewis starts he would be core playay number three if he doesn’t
I’m dropping down to Glen Taylor or trying to find that money to go to danis shenkin who at 66 I do think warrant’s uh plenty of consideration so I know it’s a little bit of this or that with the core I’m usually a little bit more straightforward but there are some
Things that I want to see with the starting lineup one thing’s for sure Blake Hinson and darlingston dubar lock of those two guys in all four minutes that won’t change tomorrow I’m in on those guys heavy prize picks had some good success over the last you know couple of weeks with prize
Picks I am uh uh you know conference play is when we can really dial in they start to have softer numbers they don’t have fantasy scores up just yet but they do have P um rebounds assists all those good categories Blake Henson has a rebounding prop of five and a half now rebound
Props can be tough that’s just the nature of it um but I do like his ability to put together one of the um f triple doubles where he has like seven eight rebounds 20 real points five assists something like that but I like the over five and a
Half rebounds for Blake Henson feel pretty confident and comfortable with that one um let’s see here does anyone want to give us a ray battle I was hoping that there it is uh rayquan battle who now available for West Virginia has had a couple of just Banger games slate melt
Melting games hasn’t been on the Slate with the uh Ray battle just yet but he’s been so phenomenal he has a point prop of 17 and a half which I realize will seem high but he has just been a oneman wrecking crew um KT cre has dished The
Rock making sure rayquan battle’s happy and he’s taking a ton of shots he’s goingon to continue to score 20 reel consistently so over 17 and a half real points for Ray battle and then we go over to his P where we’re going to go
Over 22 and a half P for battle as well uh absolutely love North Seattle kid didn’t get the real opportunity probably deserved for uh when he was at Washington did really well at Montana State and now he’s an absolute stud star whatever you want to say whatever
Hyperbole I can come up with Ray battle is just that guy and he’s that damn good uh also like David Joplin over 15 P I mean not really that hard for him to hit that number even if his shot isn’t falling and then bringing it back to
Last year with a cam hildr p over 21 and a half let’s get that cam I think he has a nice little game to remind people of who he is and then my sneak play in addition to the Posh play Posh play is already the sneak play so now we have
Like the super sneak which is Cleveland Zack Cleveland from Liberty we have a points rebounding uh assists prop of 20 and a half I feel Zack Cleveland is going to have a really nice game against Alabama of all the Liberty guys he’s the one I’m most confident in and I do think
He has 30 plus fantasy points whatever combination of that that he needs to hit to meet reach uh 21 points rebounds and assists he’s going to do so very confident in Zach Cleveland there you go several prize picks that we can look at there will be some additional ones in
The article that releases in the morning once we have the Fantasy Point totals released all right that brings us to the end of the show once again I appreciate your guys’ support please if you have a moment to hit that like button support us with that uh you know interacting
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Much we’ll be back Monday night uh probably a little bit later than the usual midnight Eastern reason being is Monday is a big day for college football huskies are going to be taking on Texas if that one’s not over by the time the show would start we’ll be postponing
That just for about an hour until it is have no fear we will still be live on Monday night Tuesday night and Friday night for the CBB version of the show and Monday night I am going to share my screen and kind of show you what I’m
Working with with the uh projections and all that stuff so thanks guys see you later tomorrow morning let’s get it green screen City take care best of luck and see you Monday wait you come back around
