
Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: UCLA vs. Rutgers 1/13/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow night's UCLA Bruins vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights matchup.
UCLA Bruins vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
January 13, 2025 6:30 pm EDT
Tomorrow night, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Rutger Scarlet Knights and the UCLA Bruins. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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 tomorrow evening’s UCLA Bruins vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Picks
Captain-Dylan Harper, Guard, Rutgers Scarlet Knights $9,400
Guard Dylan Haper has certainly been a solid player for the Rutger Scarlet Knights this season. With that said, how has the talented young guard performed from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s review Dylan Harper’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season to answer that question.
In the 15 games that guard Dylan Harper has played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Harper is averaging a robust 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.5 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 15 games that Dylan Harper has played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights this season, Harper has compiled a field goal percentage of 50.7%, a three-point percentage of 35.2% and a free throw percentage of 75%.
More recently, in the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 91-64 win over the Columbia Lions two weeks ago, Dylan Harper played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Harper accumulated a massive 16 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, three steals, and one block in the Rutger Scarlet Knights victory over the Columbia Lions.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Scarlet Knights win over the Lions, Dylan Harper tallied 61.8 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, Dylan Harper is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this tomorrow evening’s NCAA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Rutgers Scarlet Knights guard Dylan Harper at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Tyler Bilodeau, Forward, UCLA Bruins $10,000
In the 15 games that forward Tyler Bilodeau has played for the UCLA Bruins in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Bilodeau is averaging 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.5 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Eric Dailey Jr., Guard (UCLA Bruins) $8,200: Tyson Acuff, Guard (Rutgers Scarlet Knights) $4,800.