Eight games make up the Friday 11/06 main slate on DraftKings, with JMU at UK, MIZZ at STL, YALE at UCF, ARST at BAMA, MICH at UCONN, MTSU at KU, WAGNE at MIA and OMAHA at BYU. The salary cap is $50,000 and the slate locks at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT).
At the top of our model's ranking is Justin McBride of UK. He costs $3,400 as an F/UTIL and carries a ceiling of 73.2, the highest on the board by a wide margin, against a DraftKings average of 26.2. Elliot Cadeau of MICH is the priciest of the top plays at $8,800, with a 63.0 ceiling and a 24.5 average. Tre White of KU sits at $7,200 with a 58.4 ceiling and the best average of the group at 26.6. Teammate Malachi Moreno of UK ($8,100, 50.8 ceiling) and Bryson Tiller of MIZZ ($7,400, 52.0) round out the higher-priced options.
The value plays are where our model finds its edge. Beyond McBride, Riley Kugel of UCF is just $3,000 with a 49.9 ceiling and a 24.6 average, an easy price to fit around the expensive pieces. Trevor Mullin of YALE at $5,200 has a 55.9 ceiling, and Jahvin Carter of MTSU at $5,500 posts a 47.1 ceiling with a 21.4 average.
Roster builders should check the status tags before lock. Moustapha Thiam of MICH, Dawson Baker of BYU, Cavan Reilly and Emarquis Jones of JMU, and Trent Noah of UK are all listed Q, while Aden Holloway of BAMA, Jaylen Carey of MIZZ and Grant Mordini of KU are tagged OUT.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so there is no read on where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,600 of the $50,000 cap. It runs Cadeau, Dior Johnson ($7,800) and Mullin at guard, Malik Reneau ($9,200), Moreno and McBride at forward, and Cord Stansberry ($3,000) and DeSean Goode ($3,100) in the UTIL spots. Lock is 7:00 p.m. ET.
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