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.
Let’s hope you weren’t getting tired of big-stakes college hoops. Not only have two tickets to the Final Four been punched, but we’ve now got this bright lights, big city, brand-spanking new tournament on the Las Vegas Strip—where else?—that tips off tomorrow. Many people may be wondering: What is the 2025 NCAA Crown Tournament, and […]
March 30, 2025
Buckle up. This isn’t just any Elite Eight game; this is the heavyweight bout of the tournament. Two defensive juggernauts. Two bulldog coaches. Rick Barnes’ Tennessee Volunteers are no strangers to scrapping their way through hell, while Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars are a relentlessly suffocating machine, predicated on dominating every inch of the floor. Two […]
March 30, 2025
With Alex Condon (ankle) questionable for Florida’s Elite Eight game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, superstar guard Walter Clayton Jr. will be even more pivotal a conductor for his squad if they have Final Four hopes. Let’s evaluate his betting markets and see which prop presents the most value, and aligns with our Florida […]
March 28, 2025
Sears sure pulled out the full catalog against BYU, didn’t he? He’ll have an even more formidable test ahead of him in the Elite Eight in this much-ballyhooed Duke vs. Alabama game. Let’s evaluate his betting markets and see which prop presents the most value, and aligns with our game prediction. Here’s how I’ll play […]
March 28, 2025
For a longer form analysis on one of tonight’s games, check out my piece on Houston vs. Purdue for their Sweet Sixteen game tonight here. But, otherwise, I’ve barely even touched these games! So I decided to run through some mini preview, prediction, pick, and best bet for all the Sweet Sixteen games I didn’t […]
March 28, 2025
I’m in the process of writing up a preview, prediction, pick, and best bet for all of tonight’s March Madness Sweet Sixteen games; for now, here’s my full analysis of Houston vs. Purdue. I’m still hungry for some player prop action, however. And, specifically, we’ll be looking below at Kentucky guard Otega Oweh’s betting market […]
March 28, 2025
Texas Tech has been the sleeping-but-unsexy giant this whole tournament; we’re on record saying they might be Final-Four good. Here they are, facing off in the Elite Eight—but this time it’s against our beloved Florida Gators, who we have winning it all. It’s how many brackets had this West region playing out, if you believed […]
March 28, 2025
Anyone else get the feeling, off the bat, that Houston should bury Purdue in the first twenty minutes? I sure do—and that’s dangerous. They’ve just yet to really dominate, despite looking dominant. Perhaps it was the pesky way Gonzaga made it close there at the end in the R32, or the utter lack of eyes […]
March 27, 2025
I’ve already written up a preview, prediction, pick, and best bet for all of tonight’s March Madness Sweet Sixteen games here. I’m still hungry for some player prop action, however. And, specifically, we’ll be looking below at Cooper Flagg’s—otherwise known as The Maine Event’s—betting market relative to some of his advanced stats for tonight in […]
March 27, 2025
I’ve already written up a preview, prediction, pick, and best bet for all of tonight’s March Madness Sweet Sixteen games here. I’m still hungry for some player prop action, however. And, specifically, we’ll be looking below at JT Toppin’s betting market for tonight in his Sweet Sixteen game between Texas Tech and Alabama. Here’s how […]
March 27, 2025
I’ve already written up my beloved Gators against the Maryland Terrapins for their Sweet Sixteen game tonight here. But, otherwise, I’ve barely even touched these games! So I decided to run through some mini preview, prediction, pick, and best bet for all the Sweet Sixteen games I didn’t write up individually: Alabama vs. BYU, Duke […]
March 27, 2025