Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Kentucky vs. Alabama 2/22/25

Tomorrow night, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Kentucky Wildcats. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.

Before we dive into the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Kentucky Wildcats 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 night’s Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Missouri Tigers matchup.

Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks

Captain-Mark Sears, Guard, Alabama Crimson Tide $10,600

Senior guard Mark Sears has been the floor general that the Alabama Crimson Tide have needed to win games this season. To better understand the importance of the talented guard’s contributions to the Alabama basketball success on the basketball court this season let’s review Sears game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season.

In the 26 games that guard Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Sears is averaging a robust 18.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 0.9 steals a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 25 games that Mark Sears has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide this season, Sears has compiled a 40.9% field goal percentage, a 35.2 three-point percentage and a free throw percentage of 83.1%.

More recently, in the Missouri Tiger’s 110-98 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide, Alabama guard Mark Sears played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Sears tallied 35 points, two rebounds and five assists in the Missouri Tiger’s victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Tiger’s win over the Crimson Tide just mentioned, Mark Sears amassed a massive 45.5 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 view, Mark Sears is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s NCAA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Alabama Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Labaron Philon, Guard, Alabama Crimson Tide $6,400

In addition to Mark Sears, freshman guard Labaron Philon certainly been a key contributor to the Alabama Crimson Tide team achievements this season.

In the 26 games that guard Labaron Philon has played for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Philon is averaging a robust 31.1 Draftkings points a game.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Otega Oweh, Guard (Kentucky) $10,600: Amari Williams, Forward (Kentucky) $10,000.