Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Auburn vs. Alabama 2/15/25
Draftkings picks for this afternoon's Auburn vs. Alabama matchup.
Auburn Tigers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide
February 15, 2025 4:00 pm EDT
Later today, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Auburn Tigers 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. Auburn Tigers matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-Mark Sears, Guard, Alabama Crimson Tide $10,600
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 24 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, 4.9 assists and 1.1 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 24 games that Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide this season, Sears has compiled a 40.6% field goal percentage, a 35.7 three-point percentage and a free throw percentage of 83.1%.
More recently, in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s 113-80 win over the Texas Longhorns four days ago, Alabama guard Mark Sears played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Sears accumulated 18 points, two rebounds, three assists and one steal in the Crimson Tide’s victory over the Texas Longhorns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s win over the Texas Longhorns just mentioned, Mark Sears tallied 26.5 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
Grant Nelson, Forward, Alabama Crimson Tide $9,800
In addition to Mark Sears, senior forward Grant Nelson has certainly been a key contributor to the Alabama Crimson Tide 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 28.8 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Johni Broome, Forward (Auburn) $12,000: Denver Jones, Guard (Auburn) $8,200.
