Draftkings NCAA Basketball Picks: Nevada vs. UNLV 2/28/25
Draftkings picks for tonight's Nevada vs. UNLV matchup.
Nevada vs. UNLV
February 28, 2025 11:00 pm EDT
Later today, the NCAA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Nevada Wolf Pack and the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Nevada Wolf Pack vs. UNLV Rebels 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 evening’s Nevada vs. UNLV matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Basketball Picks
Captain-Nick Davidson, Forward, Nevada Wolf Pack $10,000
Tonight’s matchup between the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels and the Nevada Wolf Pack promises to be an exciting clash in the Mountain West Conference. With that said, forward Nick Davidson has been a standout player for the Nevada Wolf Pack basketball team. Standing 6’10” and weighing 238 pounds, Davidson is known for his scoring ability, rebounding, and overall presence on the basketball court.
In the 28 games Nick Davidson has played for the Nevada Wolf Pack in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Davidson is averaging a rather impressive 16.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.1 blocks and 0.9 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 28 games that Nick Davidson has played for the Nevada Wolf Pack this season, Davidson has compiled a 51.5% field goal percentage, a 35.8% three-point percentage and an 80.2% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Nevada Wolf Pack’s dominant 84-61 win over the Wyoming Cowboys three days ago, Nevada forward Nick Davidson certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Davidson amassed 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three blocks in the Wolf Pack’s victory over the Cowboys.
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, Nick Davidson is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing forward Nick Davidson at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Kobe Sanders, Guard, Nevada Wolf Pack $9,200
In addition to forward Nick Davidson, guard Kobe Sanders has been a standout performer for the Nevada Wolf Pack this season. Having stated that, how has the talented guard played from a statistical perspective?
In the 28 games that Kobe Sanders has played for the Nevada Wolf Pack in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Sanders is averaging 15.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.1 steals a game.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this game (Draftkings price noted): Jaden Henley, Guard (UNLV) $8,800: Jailen Bedford, Guard (UNLV) $6,400.
