There is a lot to digest tonight and some damn good basketball games to watch. Kansas is looking to pick themselves up off the floor with a matchup at Iowa State, UNC and Louisville are gonna play swords in Kentucky, Alabama and Auburn are going to run like Bruce Arians is running away from the Bucs sinking ship, Texas and Chris Beard travel to take on Texas Tech in the game of the night and then you can go to sleep instead of watching Cal vs Stanford.
- Kansas star Ochai Agbaji is OUT tonight with an illness.
Alabama vs Auburn
We head down to the SEC with the fast paced Alabama (25th) Crimson Tide and Auburn (85th) Tigers meeting up. The bigs for Auburn are going to be a massive problem for Alabama and while Walker Kessler should do just fine the balance between him at $9k and Jabari Smith at $7.2k is too much to consider Kessler over Smith.
The core plays from this game are mid priced guards JD Davison (Bama) and KD Johnson (Auburn).
Stack: JD Davison, KD Johnson, Jabari Smith
Davidson vs St. Bonaventure
I was shocked when I woke up and ran the model this morning to see that this game was all over the top of the rankings. A lot of this comes down to the fact that we have two teams who are efficient on offense, bad on defense and basically play their starters and a very short bench. Throw in some favorable pricing and you have a scenario where a game with a sub 140 total could wind up being the best spot to game stack on the slate.
Davidson: Foster Loyer, Luka Brajkovic, Michael Jones
St. Bonnies: Jaren Holmes
South Carolina vs Mississippi State
Another game that has a fast team in South Carolina and drawing a very good offense on the other side. Iverson Molinar is a great solo star Onions! style play to consider here but I like Garrison Brooks at $5800 for Miss St the most.
SC: Erik Stevenson
Miss St: Brooks or Molinar
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7k and Up
Jabari Smith – Auburn – $7,200
Smith is only 7200 because of the other weapons on this team, but there’s nobody on Alabama that can hang with him just like they cannot hang with Kessler. The difference as I noted above is the fantastic price savings we get even though Smith can go off just as easily.
Also Consider …
- Jaren Holmes – St. Bonnies – $7,800
- Luka Brajkovic – Davidson – $7,100
- Noah Horchier – Providence – $7,500
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Mid Range – 5600 to 6900
Justin Minaya – Providence – $5,700
Minaya is playing a ton of minutes and rebounds very well for the Friars. With the biggest tempo boost on the slate thats a great combination for someone at his price point. This should be a very friendly game for fantasy points and so we’ll take the nice value here and move on.
Also Consider …
- KD Johnson – Auburn – $6,100
- Garrison Brooks – Miss St – $5,800
- JD Davison – Alabama – $6,000
- Foster Loyer – Davison – $6,600
- Josiah-Jordan James – Tennessee – $5,900
- Erik Stevenson – South Carolina – $5,800
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Value – Below 5600
Remy Martin – Kansas – $4,500
This is a little value that is opening up tonight with Ochai sitting out due to COVID. Martin has ability to score when he gets minutes and his 19 mpg average should boost up tonight as the Jayhawks go into a tough environment and try to get a win.
Also Consider …
- Jared Bynum – Providence – $5,400
- Montez Mathis – St. Johns – $4,700
- Michael Jones – Davidson – $4,900
- AJ Hoggard – Michigan State – $3,900
- Joel Soriano – St. Johns – $3,900
- Andrew Jones – Texas – $4,200
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Iverson Molinar – Mississippi State – $8,200
He is coming off a down game against a really good Texas Tech defense when he managed just 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. But Molinar getting a nice fast game is someone we should look for 40+ fantasy points from. Against Alabama he went for 40, he went for 46 against Kentucky and 48 against Georgia. This is another spot he can drop 40 and probably gets overlooked in doing such.
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CORE BUILD
Jabari Smith
JD Davison
Justin Minaya
Remy Martin
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TOP BETS
UNC -3.5
Rutgers +5.5
Auburn -5.5
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