Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Creighton vs. St. John’s 2/16/25
Draftkings picks for this afternoon's Creighton vs. St. John's matchup.
Creighton vs. St. John's
February 16, 2025 3:00 pm EDT
On Sunday afternoon, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Creighton Bluejays and the St. John’s Red Storm. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Creighton Bluejays vs. St. John’s Red Storm 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 afternoon’s Creighton vs. St. John’s matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-RJ Luis Jr., Guard, St. John’s Red Storm $10,400
Talented guard RJ Luis Jr. has undoubtedly been a standout performer for the St. John’s Red Storm this season. Having stated that, how has the junior guard played from a statistical perspective? Let’s review RJ Luis Jr.’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.
In the 25 games that forward RJ Luis Jr. has played for the St. John’s Red Storm in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Luis Jr. is averaging a robust 17.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.6 blocks and 1.4 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 25 games that RJ Luis Jr. has played for the St. John’s Red Storm this season, Luis Jr. has compiled a 44.9% field goal percentage, a 26.1% three-point percentage and a 74.2% free throw percentage.
Earlier this month, in the St. John’s Red Storm’s 70-64 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles, junior guard RJ Luis Jr. certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Luis Jr. tallied 17 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, four steals and three blocks in the St. John’s Red Storm’s victory over Marquette.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Red Storm’s win over the Marquette Golden Eagles just mentioned, RJ Luis Jr. amassed a rather impressive 49.3 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 opinion, RJ Luis Jr. is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this afternoon’s NCAA regular season game. With that said, I am backing RJ Luis Jr. at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Forward, Creighton Bluejays $12,000
In the 24 games that guard Ryan Kalkbrenner has played for the Creighton Bluejats in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Kalkbrenner is averaging 19.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.8 blocks and 0.8 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 24 games that Ryan Kalkbrenner has played for the Creighton Bluejays this season, Kalkbrenner has averaged a massive 39.1 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Steven Ashworth, Guard (Creighton) $9,800: Zuby Ejiofor, Forward (St. John’s) $8,600.
