Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Tar Heels vs. Aztecs 3/18/25
Draftkings picks for tonight's North Carolina vs. San Diego State matchup.
North Carolina vs. San Diego State
March 18, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
The NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a matchup featuring the North Carolina Tar Heels and the San Diego State Aztecs. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the North Carolina Tar Heels vs. San Diego State Aztecs 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 North Carolina vs. San Diego State matchup.
Draftkings NCAA Basketball Showdown Picks
Captain-RJ Davis, Guard, North Carolina Tar Heels $10,800
Senior guard RJ Davis has been an exceptional player for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Davis is known for his scoring ability, playmaking, and leadership. With that said, how has the talented guard performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Davis’s game data from this season to answer that question.
In the 35 games that guard RJ Davis has played for the North Carolina Tar Heels this season, Davis is averaging 17.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 35 games that guard RJ Davis has played for the North Carolina Tar Heels this season, Davis has compiled a 40.9% field goal percentage, a 34.5% three-point percentage and an 88.5% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the North Carolina Tar Heels convincing 68-59 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons five days ago, Davis amassed 23 points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, RJ Davis can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s matchup with the San Diego State Aztecs.
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 opinion, RJ Davis presents the best fantasy value of any player on this one game DFS slate. Having stated that, I am rolling with North Carolina guard RJ Davis at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Jae’Lyn Withers, Forward, North Carolina Tar Heels $8,400
In addition to guard RJ Davis, forward Jae’Lyn Withers has been a key contributor to the North Carolina Tar Heels team achievements this season.
In the North Carolina Tar Heels 76-56 victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish earlier this month, North Carolina forward Jae’Lyn Withers played exceptionally well. More specifically Withers tallied 21 points, nine rebounds, one assist, two blocks and two steals in the Tar Heels win over Notre Dame.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Miles Byrd, Guard (San Diego State Aztecs) $9,600: Drake Powell, Forward (North Carolina Tar Heels) $5,800.
