Thursday's main CBB slate on DraftKings has seven games: JAC @ UF, GWB @ TEX, C-C @ DUKE, TOL @ MSU, USF @ DPU, PENN @ IL and CPS @ ARIZ. Lineups lock at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT), and the salary cap is $50,000.
Our model's top-ranked play is Matas Vokietaitis (TEX) at $8,800. He carries a ceiling of 62.8 and a DraftKings average of 26.7, the highest average on our board. Ivan Kharchenkov (ARIZ) costs $8,900 and has a ceiling of 61.0 with a 22.3 average. Cayden Boozer (DUKE) at $6,900 and Jordan Scott (MSU) at $7,400 round out the pricier names, with ceilings of 43.6 and 35.9.
The value is clustered in the PENN game. AJ Levine (PENN) is only $5,000 but has a ceiling of 57.0 and a 21.3 average, which makes him the standout bargain. Michael Zanoni (PENN) at $5,400 has a 44.9 ceiling, Dalton Scantlebury (PENN) at $3,800 sits at 41.5, and Augustus Gerhart (PENN) at $4,500 comes in at 35.5. Four PENN players in our top eight, all priced at $5,400 or less, tells you where the salary relief is.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Check the status tags before building, though. David Mirkovic (IL), RJ Godfrey (ARIZ), Mikey Lewis (TEX), Theo Pierre-Justin (DPU) and AJ Dancler (USF) all carry an OUT tag. Endurance Aiyamenkhue (ARIZ), Joshua Lewis (USF) and Mason Lockett IV (DPU) are tagged Q.
Our model's top lineup spends $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It uses Jeremy Fears Jr. ($9,400), Koree Cotton ($5,800) and Levine ($5,000) at guard, then Vokietaitis ($8,800), David Punch ($8,400) and Austin Parks ($5,300) at forward. Caleb Williams ($3,400) and Scantlebury ($3,800) fill the UTIL spots. Lock is 8:00 p.m. ET.
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