Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: BYU vs. Alabama 3/27/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow night's BYU vs. Alabama matchup.
BYU Cougars vs. Alabama Crimson Tide
March 28, 2025 7:09 pm EDT
The NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a sweet 16 tournament matchup featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide and the BYU Cougars. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. BYU Cougars 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 tomorrow evening’s BYU vs Alabama matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-Mark Sears, Guard, Alabama Crimson Tide $11,200
Talented guard Mark Sears has certainly been a standout performer for the Alabama Crimson Tide this season. To better understand the importance of the senior guard’s contributions to the Alabama basketball team’s achievements this season let’s review Sears game data from the 2024 NCAA season (including postseason).
In the 35 games that guard Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide this season, Sears is averaging 18.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 0.8 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 35 games that Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2024 NCAA season (including postseason games), Sears has compiled a 40.1% field goal percentage, a 32.9% three-point percentage and a free throw percentage of 84.9%.
More recently, in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s 90-81 victory over the Robert Morris Colonials five days ago, Alabama guard Mark Sears played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Sears accumulated 22 points, five rebounds and ten assists in the Crimson Tide’s win over the Colonials.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s win over the Robert Morris Colonials just mentioned, Mark Sears amassed a massive 43.8 Draftkings points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Mark Sears can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow night’s matchup with the BYU Cougars.
In my opinion, Mark Sears is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA tournament 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 $6,800
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 35 games that guard Grant Nelson has played for the Crimson Tide in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Nelson is averaging a whopping 26.5 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Richie Saunders, Forward (BYU Cougars) $10,600: Egor Demin, Guard (BYU Cougars) $9,800.
