Wednesday's main CBB slate on DraftKings runs seven games: MARQ @ MICH, COLG @ STJN, JACST @ UH, RMU @ ARK, STC @ UNT, NEV @ UCSB and USC @ CAL. Lineups lock at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT), and the classic format uses a $50,000 cap.
Alijah Arenas of USC tops our model's board at $8,800 with a ceiling of 103.8, the highest on the slate. Vaughn Weems of NEV sits right behind him at $7,000 with a ceiling of 96.1 and a DraftKings average of 38.6, a bit better than Arenas's 38.0 at a lower price. Elliot Cadeau of MICH costs $8,300, but his ceiling of 48.1 and average of 17.9 make him the weakest case among the top-priced options.
The value picks start with Cole Franklin of UNT. At $5,000 he carries a ceiling of 60.9 and a DraftKings average of 24.4, which stands out for the price. Marvin McGhee IV of UCSB at $5,600 offers a 48.5 ceiling, and Roddy Gayle Jr. of MICH at $6,400 has a 53.9 ceiling and a 25.5 average. Further down, Michael Phillips II of MARQ at $4,100 and Semetri Carr of CAL at $4,500 both show ceilings near 49. Note the status tags: Mitchell Holmes of UNT and Lee Dort of CAL are tagged Q, and Caedin Hamilton of MARQ is tagged OUT.
The fact sheet does not include ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd is likely to land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,500 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Arenas ($8,800) and Weems ($7,000) with Chris Lockett Jr. ($5,400) at guard, then adds Andrew Alekseyenko ($7,700), J.P. Estrella ($7,600) and Arafan Diane ($3,300) at forward. Franklin ($5,000) and Aeneas Alexander ($4,700) fill the UTIL spots. Check the status tags before you finalize anything, and get your lineups set before the 7:00 p.m. ET lock.
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