Sunday's main slate is a single-game showdown, ND @ VU, and it locks at 9:30 a.m. ET (6:30 a.m. PT). The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, with a $50,000 cap, so every captain choice has to be paid for up front.
One note before the numbers: our projections are not built for this slate. What we have instead are DraftKings averages, and those are the figures to read here. Logan Duncomb (ND, F) leads at 34.3 for $9,200. Kwame Evans Jr. (VU, F) averages 29.9 at $10,400, and both Duncomb and Evans carry a Q tag. Tyler Perkins (VU, G) is $10,000 with a 26.5 average, and Devin Royal (VU, F) is $9,400 at 24.5.
The value end is where this slate gets interesting. Jake Fiegen (VU, G) averages 29.9 at just $3,200, the same average as Evans at a fraction of the price. Ethan Roberts (ND, G/F) averages 27.4 at $2,800, the cheapest of the group. Elijah Crawford (VU, G) at $4,400 averages 27.7, and Darryl Simmons II (VU, G) at $4,800 averages 25.2. Matt Hodge and Nico Onyekwere of VU are both tagged OUT.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $46,800 of the $50,000. It puts Perkins in the captain slot at $15,000, then fills the UTIL spots with Fiegen at $3,200, Royal at $9,400, Braeden Shrewsberry at $8,800, Crawford at $4,400 and Logan Imes at $6,000. Pairing cheap guards with a pricey captain is how it fits the build under the cap.
Lineups lock Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET.
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