Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Alabama vs. Texas 2/11/25

Later today, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Longhorns. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.

Before we dive into the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Texas Longhorns 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 tonight’s Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Texas Longhorns matchup.

Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks

Captain-Mark Sears, Guard, Alabama Crimson Tide $9,600

Senior guard Mark Sears has certainly been a standout performer for the Alabama Crimson Tide this season. To better understand the importance of the talented guard’s contributions to the Alabama basketball team’s achievements this season let’s review Sears game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season.

In the 23 games that guard Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Sears is averaging a robust 17.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.1 steals a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 23 games that Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide this season, Sears has compiled a 40.4% field goal percentage, a 35.6 three-point percentage and a free throw percentage of 83.1%.

More recently, in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s convincing 90-69 win over the Georgia Bulldogs ten days ago, Alabama guard Mark Sears played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Sears amassed 20 points, five rebounds, six assists and one steal in the Crimson Tide’s victory over the Georgia Bulldogs.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s win over the Georgia Bulldogs just mentioned, Mark Sears tallied 42.1 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. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game Draftkings slate.

In my opinion, Mark Sears is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s NCAA regular season game. With that said, I am rolling with Alabama Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Tre Johnson, Guard, Texas Longhorns $10,200

Freshman guard Tre Johnson has certainly been a key contributor to the Texas Longhorns starting lineup this season.

In the 24 games that guard Tre Johnson has played for the Texas Longhorns in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Johnson is averaging a rather impressive 29.5 Draftkings points a game.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Clifford Omoruyi, Forward (Alabama Crimson Tide) $11,000: Jordan Pope, Guard (Texas Longhorns) $5,000.