Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Miami vs. Boston College 1/1/25

Tomorrow afternoon, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Miami Hurricanes and the Boston College Eagles. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Miami Hurricanes vs. Boston College Eagles 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 Miami Hurricanes vs. Boston College Eagles matchup.

Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks

Captain-Donald Hand Jr., Guard, Boston College Eagles $11,000

Talented sophomore guard Donald Hand Jr. has certainly established himself as the driving force behind the Boston College Eagles offensive success this season. With that said, how has Hand Jr.  performed from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s review Donald Hand Jr.’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.

In the 13 games that guard Donald Hand Jr. has played for the Boston College Eagles in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Hand Jr. is averaging a robust 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.5 blocks, and 0.8 steals a game.

Looking closer ay the data just presented, in the 13 games that Donald Hand Jr. has played for Boston College this season, Hand Jr. has compiled a field goal percentage of 38.5%, a three-point percentage of 35.3% and a free throw percentage of 89.1%.

More recently, in the Boston College Eagles 78-70 win over the Farleigh Dickinson Knights, Donald Hand Jr. played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Hand Jr. accumulated a whopping 29 points, ten rebounds, two assists and one steal in Boston College’s victory over the Knights.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Eagles win over the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, Donald Hand Jr. tallied a massive 46.1 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, Donald Hand Jr. is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tomorrow afternoon’s NCAA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Boston College Eagles guard Donald Hand Jr. at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Dion Brown, Guard, Boston College Eagles $7,400

In addition to guard Dion Brown, guard Dion Brown has been a key contributor to the Boston College Eagles offense this season.

In the 13 games that Dion Brown has played for the Boston College Eagles in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Brown is averaging a respectable 15.3 Draftkings points a game.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Lynn Kidd, Forward (Miami Hurricanes) $10,800: Matthew Cleveland, Guard (Miami Hurricanes) $7,800.