
Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Indiana vs. Ohio State 1/17/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow night's Indiana vs. Ohio State matchup.
Indiana Hoosiers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
January 17, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
Tomorrow night, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Indiana Hoosiers and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes 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 tomorrow evening’s Indiana Hoosiers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Picks
Captain-Bruce Thornton, Guard, Ohio State Buckeyes $11,000
Guard Bruce Thornton has certainly been a solid player for the Ohio State Buckeyes this season. With that said, how has the talented young guard performed from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s review Bruce Thornton’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.
In the 17 games that guard Bruce Thornton has played for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Thornton is averaging a robust 17.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.1 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 17 games that Bruce Thornton has played for the Ohio State Buckeyes this season, Thornton has compiled a field goal percentage of 53.1%, a three-point percentage of 37.5% and a free throw percentage of 81.2%.
More recently, in the Wisconsin Badgers 70-68 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes two days ago, Bruce Thornton played exceptionally well. More specifically, Thornton accumulated a massive 21 points, two rebounds, three assists and one steal in the Badgers victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Wisconsin Badgers win over the Buckeyes, Bruce Thornton tallied 30.1 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 view, Bruce Thornton is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tomorrow evening’s NCAA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Ohio State guard Bruce Thornton at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Devin Royal, Forward, Ohio State Buckeyes $10,000
In the 17 games that forward Devin Royal has played for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Royal is averaging 13.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Myles Rice, Guard (Indiana Hoosiers) $8,600: Oumar Ballo, Forward (Indiana Hoosiers) $11,800.