Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Louisville is 15–6, 5–4 in league play, ranked No. 24, and the home crowd expects a clean win. Notre Dame is 11–11 and 2–7 in conference, and every road night has been a resilience exam. The story of their season still pivots on the absence of Markus Burton, because the offense has to invent itself […]
February 4, 2026
February games in the Big Ten always feel like they’re being graded twice. Michigan State walks into Minneapolis at 19–3 and 9–2 in league play, sitting in the title pack with a real seed to protect. Minnesota is 10–12 at 3–8, and the seven-game skid has turned every night into survival. The number beside Michigan […]
February 4, 2026
Houston is 19–2, 7–1 in the Big 12, and it’s still treating every home night like a seeding audit. UCF is 17–4, 6–3 in league, and it’s arriving with real résumé heat after an 88–80 win at Texas Tech. This is the kind of cross-division game that tells the truth fast, because the margin between […]
February 4, 2026
Baylor is 12–9 and 2–7 in Big 12 play, and the resume pressure is officially loud again. Colorado is 13–9 at 3–6, tied in that muddy middle tier where one good week can change the bracket conversation. The night has that familiar Waco edge: a power program trying to stop the bleeding, and a road […]
February 4, 2026
Wednesday night in Fresno has the exact kind of Mountain West tension that turns a “mid-table” game into a referendum. Both teams sit at 10–11 overall, with Fresno 4–6 in league play and UNLV 5–5, so every possession is basically a tiebreaker audition. The first meeting still hangs in the air, because UNLV went to […]
February 3, 2026
Indiana Hoosiers are 15–7 overall and 6–5 in the Big Ten Conference, trying to turn a heater into real footing. They just clipped No. 12 Purdue 72–67, then survived a 98–97 double-overtime burner at UCLA, so the legs are heavy but the confidence is real. USC Trojans sit 16–6 and 5–6 in league play, living […]
February 3, 2026
Indiana Hoosiers are 15–7 overall and 6–5 in the Big Ten Conference, trying to turn a heater into real footing. They just clipped No. 12 Purdue 72–67, then survived a 98–97 double-overtime burner at UCLA, so the legs are heavy but the confidence is real. USC Trojans sit 16–6 and 5–6 in league play, living […]
February 3, 2026
Miami (OH) walks into Buffalo unbeaten, ranked No. 23, and carrying the kind of season every opponent wants to scar. Buffalo gets the rare home date where the building feels like a referendum on its MAC hopes. The line says Miami should control this, but the total says both teams can score in waves. That […]
February 3, 2026
Tennessee walks into February ranked and hunting leverage in the SEC race, because every home night now carries seeding weight. Ole Miss arrives needing a response, not a moral victory, after the league has started to squeeze. Thompson-Boling is the kind of room that turns a three-minute wobble into a ten-point gap. This matchup also […]
February 3, 2026
Portland State sits on top of the Big Sky, and Monday nights at The Ship have felt like business trips for visitors. The Vikings are 14–6 overall and 8–1 in league play, and this is a hold-serve spot. Idaho State walks in at 10–12, 3–6 in conference, and chasing footing after a rough stretch. The […]
February 2, 2026
Monday night in Chapel Hill has that ACC gravity that makes every possession feel like résumé work. North Carolina is 17–4 overall and 5–3 in league play, unbeaten at home, and still chasing clean separation in the standings. Syracuse is 13–9 and 4–5, living in the middle tier where one road result can change the […]
February 2, 2026