Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Louisville vs. Notre Dame 2/16/25
Draftkings picks for tonight's Louisville vs. Notre Dame matchup.
The NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Louisville Cardinals vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish game let’s review the rules for Draftkings single game showdown contest.
Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules
You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my Draftkings picks for this evening’s Louisville vs. Notre Dame matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-Chucky Hepburn, Guard, Louisville Cardinals $10,200
Senior guard Chucky Hepburn has undoubtedly been a key contributor to the Louisville Cardinals success on the basketball court this season. With that said, how has the talented young guard played from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Hepburn’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.
In the 24 games that guard Chucky Hepburn has played for the Louisville Cardinals in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Hepburn is averaging a robust 15.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 2.3 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 24 games that Chucky Hepburn has played for the Louisville Cardinals this season, Hepburn has compiled a 43.1% field goal percentage, a 34.1% three-point percentage and a 84.6% free throw percentage.
Four days ago, in the Louisville Cardinals impressive 91-66 win over the North Carolina State Wolfpack, senior guard Chucky Hepburn certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Hepburn tallied 15 points, three rebounds, six assists and two four steals in the Louisville Cardinals victory over North Carolina State.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Cardinals win over North Carolina State just mentioned, Chucky Hepburn amassed a rather impressive 33.1 Draftkings points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NCAA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest.
In my view, Chucky Hepburn is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Chucky Hepburn at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Markus Burton, Guard, Notre Dame Fighting Irish $11,800
In the 17 games that guard Markus Burton has played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Burton is averaging 21.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 17 games that Markus Burton has played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this season, Burton has averaged 33.5 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Braeden Shrewsberry, Guard (Notre Dame) $6,000: James Scott, Forward (Louisville) $5,600.
