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Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Oregon vs. UCLA 1/30/25

Draftkings picks for tonight's Oregon Ducks vs. UCLA Bruins matchup.

Oregon Ducks vs. UCLA Bruins
January 30, 2025 10:30 pm EDT

Later today, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Oregon Ducks and the UCLA Bruins. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Oregon Ducks vs. UCLA Bruins 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 this evening’s Oregon Ducks vs. UCLA Bruins matchup.

Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Picks

Captain-Eric Dailey Jr., Guard, UCLA Bruins $8,800

Sophomore guard Eric Dailey Jr. has certainly been a solid player for the UCLA Bruins this season. With that said, how has the talented young guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Eric Dailey Jr.’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.

In the 20 games that guard Eric Dailey Jr. has played for the UCLA Bruins in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Dailey Jr. is averaging a robust 12.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.3 blocks a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 20 games that Eric Dailey Jr. has played for the UCLA Bruins this season, Dailey Jr. has compiled a field goal percentage of 52.4%, a three-point percentage of 35.8% and a free throw percentage of 73.7%.

More recently, in the UCLA Bruins 82-76 win over the USC Trojans three days ago, Dailey Jr. played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Dailey Jr. amassed 16 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals in the UCLA Bruins victory over the USC Trojans.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Bruins win over the Trojans, Eric Dailey Jr. tallied 29.1 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, Eric Dailey Jr. 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 UCLA Bruins guard Eric Dailey Jr. at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Tyler Bilodeau, Forward, UCLA Bruins $6,200

In addition to Eric Dailey Jr. forward Tyler Bilodeau has been a key contributor to the UCLA Bruins overall success this season.

In the 20 games that forward Tyler Bilodeau has played for the UCLA Bruins in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Bilodeau is averaging 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.5 blocks a game.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Kobe Johnson, Guard (UCLA Bruins) $9,000: Nate Bittle, Guard (Oregon Ducks) $10,800: TJ Bamba, Guard (Oregon Ducks) $8,400.

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