Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: North Carolina State vs. Duke 1/27/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow night's North Carolina State vs. Duke matchup.
North Carolina State vs. Duke
January 27, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the Duke Blue Devils. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Duke Blue Devils 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 North Carolina State vs. Duke Blue Devils matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-Cooper Flagg, Guard, Duke Blue Devils $12,000
Talented Duke Blue Devils freshman guard Cooper Flagg has quickly established himself as one of the best players in college basketball today. With that said, how has Flagg performed from a statistical perspective this season? Let’s review Flagg’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.
In the 19 games that guard Cooper Flagg has played for the Duke Blue Devils in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Flagg is averaging a rather impressive 19.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 19 games that Cooper Flagg has played for the Duke Blue Devils this season, Flagg has compiled a field goal percentage of 48.8%, a three-point percentage of 33.3% and a free throw percentage of 80.7%.
More recently, in the Duke Blue Devils 88-63 win over the Boston College Eagles, Cooper Flagg certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Flagg tallied 28 points, five rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and two steals in the Duke Blue Devils victory over the Boston College Eagles.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Blue Devils win over the Eagles just mentioned, Cooper Flagg accumulated a robust 47.8 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, Cooper Flagg is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Duke Blue Devils guard Cooper Flagg at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Mason Gillis, Forward, Duke Blue Devils $4,400
In addition to guard Cooper Flagg, forward Mason Gillis has been a key contributor to the Duke Blue Devils achievements this season.
In the 19 games that Mason Gillis has played for the Duke Blue Devils in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Mason Gillis is averaging a respectable 10.7 Draftkings points a game.
In summary, I think Mason Gillis’s low Draftkings price of only $4,400 presents the best value of any player on this one game NCAA basketball slate.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Marcus Hill, Guard (North Carolina State) $10,400: Ben Middlebrooks, Forward (North Carolina State) $7,800: Tyrese Proctor, Guard (Duke Blue Devils) $7,200.
