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.
State Farm Center finally gets a ranked-on-ranked Big Ten matinee that feels like league play starting early. Illinois sits at 8–2, ranked No. 13, fresh off an 88–80 win over Ohio State that looked every bit like a preseason contender settling in. Nebraska shows up undefeated at 10–0 and ranked No. 23 after dropping Creighton […]
December 13, 2025
CHI Health Center gets a fun one. Kansas State comes in with a track-meet profile, living in the high 80s and letting volatility do a lot of the work. Creighton has worn a few early lumps but still looks like the more adult half-court outfit, with a defense that actually strings stops together and a […]
December 13, 2025
The Orange Bowl Classic always feels a little weird. Florida trades the O’Dome for an NHL arena in Sunrise, brings a defending national champion banner and a 5-4 record that includes knife-edge losses to Duke and UConn, and has to answer why a top-20 SRS looks so ordinary in the win column. George Washington rolls […]
December 13, 2025
Hinkle gets loud for this one. Providence walks in having won three straight in-state wars, playing at a pace that turns every night into a sprint, while Butler brings a cleaner body of work, a bigger scoring margin and a home crowd that has watched Thad Matta’s reboot actually bite this season. This is a […]
December 13, 2025
The final college hoops game available on DraftKings Sportsbook Thursday gives us a classic mid-major collision: a Summit contender stretching its legs on the West Coast against a Big West rebuild trying to turn a quirky gym back into a house of pain. North Dakota State arrives at 7-3, with two one-possession road losses and […]
December 11, 2025
The Dome gets a throwback intersectional feel tonight. Syracuse comes home from a bruising stretch against Houston, Kansas and Iowa State with a 5-3 mark and a real defensive identity. Saint Joseph’s arrives at 6-3, riding a four-game streak that includes a win over Princeton and a one-point escape against Temple. The market has settled […]
December 11, 2025
Edinburg gets a Texas contrast game tonight. UT Arlington brings a WAC contender’s frame, pounding the glass and defending like every trip is March. UT Rio Grande Valley leans all the way into pace and shooting, happy to trade long rebounds and 3s all night if it means more possessions. The number hangs around UTRGV […]
December 11, 2025
Minges Coliseum gets a sneaky fun one tonight. Appalachian State shows up with a Sun Belt contender’s defensive profile and a schedule that has already bounced them through Central Michigan, Ohio State and UNC Asheville. East Carolina is trying to survive a front-loaded slate that included Michigan State and St. Bonaventure while breaking in a […]
December 11, 2025
The Horizon opener in Indianapolis feels more like a summer run than a conference grinder. Green Bay has lived out of a suitcase against Kansas, Minnesota, Yale and Massachusetts, and now walks into an IU Indy team that treats every night like an AAU showcase. The line is basically a coin flip with Green Bay […]
December 11, 2025
Hilton Coliseum turns Cy-Hawk into a pressure cooker, not a rivalry graphic. Iowa State is 9-0, No. 4 in the polls, fresh off humiliating No. 1 Purdue 81-58 on the road. Iowa walks in at 8-1 with a glossy record, but its first real stress tests exposed how thin the shot creation is behind Bennett […]
December 11, 2025
Raymond James doesn’t need frost to feel bite; a short-week divisional game brings its own pressure system. Tampa Bay carries a fragile 7-6 division lead, more record than rhythm, and keeps stalling where the grass shrinks. Atlanta staggers in at 4-9, outgaining opponents on some Sundays and still losing the plot when the field compresses. […]
December 11, 2025