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.
Georgia Tech has built a top-20 resume by turning Bobby Dodd into a scoreboard, not a workshop. Pittsburgh arrives as the familiar villain, all stiff fronts and downfield shots, perfectly cast for November disruption. One side wants to protect rankings and trajectory; the other wants to prove the old bruiser still wins big games. The […]
November 22, 2025
Chiles Center gets a late game that looks thin on brand power and heavy on volatility. Cal State Fullerton shows up at 1–3 with one blowout win and three double-digit losses, the kind of résumé that hides how wild their box scores really are. Portland sits 3–1, fresh off a 37-point loss at Wyoming after […]
November 21, 2025
The Provident Credit Union Event Center turns into a late-night lab here. Southern brings another suitcase game and a chaos engine that just dropped 99 in double overtime at Washington. San Jose State finally tasted a win by hanging 110 on Bethesda and wants that to be a launchpad, not a mirage. This is SWAC […]
November 21, 2025
Walter Pyramid will feel like a hangar tonight, a little echo bouncing around a game both programs actually need. Montana State shows up 2–4 but already scarred by trips to Colorado, Stanford and Boise State. Long Beach State is 1–4 with only an NAIA win, still trying to climb out of last year’s 7–25 crater. […]
November 21, 2025
Allegiant at night, at least for NCAA teams, always brings that air of a high-scoring lab for the Mountain West. UNLV and Hawaii arrive with matching urgency, chasing a title lane and carrying offenses built to light bulbs. The Golden Pineapple is a prop; the real prize is staying alive in the conference traffic jam. […]
November 21, 2025
November in Raleigh doesn’t offer soft landings, only definitive verdicts. Florida State walks into Carter–Finley under harsh lights and older scars, still chasing a real road win while NC State guards its backyard and bowl future with both hands. Two .500 seasons meet in a stadium that remembers every collapse and upset, and somebody’s year […]
November 21, 2025
Fifth Third Arena doesn’t do calm when a top-ten logo walks in. Louisville arrives 4–0, ranked sixth, and has spent two weeks dropping scorelines that look like an NBA Summer League. Cincinnati meets them with its own 4–0 start, every game at home, backed by one of the nastiest early defensive profiles in the country. […]
November 21, 2025
Virginia arrives 4–0 under Ryan Odom, suddenly playing fast and scoring in the nineties instead of grinding. Northwestern matches that unbeaten record and brings a Big Ten scoring champion in Nick Martinelli plus a tougher schedule spine. This is a neutral court, not Charlottesville or Evanston, and recent tournament chaos sits fresh in my mind. […]
November 21, 2025
Conte Forum gets one of those November tourney tests that actually matters. Davidson shows up unbeaten, four games of clean shooting and late-clock poise. Boston College is trying to prove its early defensive gains aren’t noise, just identity. This is not a neutral ballroom with soft rims and weird sight lines; it is a true […]
November 21, 2025
The cavernous Greenbrier floor in West Virginia fits more like a hotel ballroom than a classic venue, which matters because both South Carolina Gamecocks and Butler Bulldogs arrive with strong flyers but limited tournament-neutral seasoning. South Carolina is 4-0 and trying to prove their early-season balance matters; Butler is 3-1, posting an explosive offense but […]
November 21, 2025
SimpliFi Arena doesn’t do sleepy non-conference; it does late-night noise and legs that remember the flight. Arizona State drops into the islands trying to prove this Big 12 rebrand is more than a hot fortnight in November. Hawaii walks out of its own tunnel four wins deep at home, rebounding everything and turning the free-throw […]
November 20, 2025