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.
Maples Pavilion gets the late window and it feels a little spicier than the number says. Stanford is 4–0 again, working under new expectations with Ebuka Okorie already drawing national buzz. Seattle shows up 3–1 with a heater backcourt, a one-possession home loss to Cal Poly, and just enough toughness to keep this from feeling […]
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
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
The Baha Mar Convention Center doesn’t feel like a campus gym tonight; it feels like a November proving ground with hotel lighting and broadcast polish. Texas Tech arrives ranked fifteenth, lugging last year’s Elite Eight expectation and a roster built to live deep into March again. Wake Forest crosses the water with a nothing-to-lose resume […]
November 20, 2025
The Ocean Center is a different kind of neutral, more boardwalk echo than ballroom hush. Pitt trades steel gray for beach light and brings a four-game response after Morgantown punched them. UCF just drives down the road, chasing a Big 12 statement in its first Daytona game in more than sixteen years. This is the […]
November 20, 2025
T-Mobile Center gets a real November barometer here, not a made-for-TV walk-through. Nebraska brings an eight-game win streak and a grown-up offense that finally looks scalable in the Big Ten. New Mexico arrives in year one under Eric Olen, still carrying last season’s NCAA juice while a new roster learns its reads on the fly. […]
November 20, 2025
Houston gets Thursday night under a closed roof with both teams staring straight at the playoff glass. The Texans climbed from an 0–3 hole to even, surviving on a defense that plays like it knows the math. Buffalo arrives off a six-touchdown fireworks show, but this building has humiliated Josh Allen before and everyone remembers. […]
November 19, 2025