Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Rebels vs. Spartans 3/28/25
Draftkings picks for this evening's Mississippi vs. Michigan State matchup.
Mississippi Rebels vs. Michigan State Spartans
March 28, 2025 7:09 pm EDT
On Friday night, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a tournament matchup featuring the Mississippi Rebels and the Michigan State Spartans. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Mississippi Rebels vs. Michigan State Spartans game let’s review the rules for the 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 tonight’s Mississippi vs. Michigan State matchup.
Draftkings NCAA Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-Sean Pedulla, Guard, Mississippi Rebels $12,000
The Mississippi Rebels enter this evening’s NCAA tournament matchup with the Michigan State Spartans playing quality basketball. A big reason why the Rebels have been a success this season is talented guard Sean Pedulla.
In the 35 games that senior guard Sean Pedulla has played for the Mississippi Rebels in the 2024 NCAA season (including postseason games), Pedulla is averaging 15.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.9 steals a game.
More recently, in the Mississippi Rebels dominant 91-78 win over the Iowa State Cyclones five days ago, Mississippi guard Sean Pedulla certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Pedulla amassed 20 points, two rebounds, eight assists and four steals in the Rebels victory over the Iowa State Cyclones.
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.
In my opinion, Sean Pedulla presents the best fantasy value of any player on this one game DFS slate. Having stated that, I am rolling with Mississippi Rebels guard Sean Pedulla at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Jaden Akins, Guard, Michigan State Spartans $9,400
Guard Jaden Akins has certainly been a solid player for the Michigan State Spartans this season. Having stated that, how has the senior guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Jaden Akins game data from the 2024 NCAA season (including postseason games) to answer that question.
In the 35 games that guard Jaden Akins has played for the Michigan State Spartans in the 2024 NCAA season, Akins is averaging 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 35 games that Jaden Akins has played this season, Akins has averaged a rather impressive 19.5 Draftkings points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in tonight’s NCAA tournament game (Draftkings price noted): Tre Holloman, Guard (Michigan State Spartans) $7,600: Malik Dia, Forward (Mississippi Rebels) $10,800: Jaemyn Brakefield, Forward (Mississippi Rebels) $6,400.
