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.
BYU comes into this Big 12 quarterfinal as the hotter team, even if Houston is still the sturdier one. The 10-seeded Cougars are 23-10 and have already won twice in Kansas City, first beating Kansas State 105-91 behind AJ Dybantsa’s 40-point, nine-rebound, six-assist eruption, then drilling West Virginia 68-48 with Dybantsa adding 27, Kennard Davis […]
March 12, 2026
Auburn gets a quick-turnaround tournament shot at Tennessee, but the current form is what makes this quarterfinal feel live. The Tigers have scored 79 or more in five straight games, then opened their SEC tournament run by drilling Mississippi State 79-61 on Wednesday behind 22 points from Kevin Overton. Tennessee still brings the cleaner résumé […]
March 12, 2026
Iowa State and Texas Tech arrive in Kansas City tied at 12-6 in the Big 12, but they do not feel tied right now. Texas Tech is the No. 4 seed because it won the head-to-head in Ames on Feb. 28. Iowa State is the No. 5 seed and already has a game on this […]
March 12, 2026
Virginia and NC State get to Charlotte with the same external stakes and very different internal rhythms. Virginia is 27-4 and rested as the No. 2 seed. NC State is 20-12 and arrives off Wednesday’s 98-88 win over Pitt, a game where the Wolfpack shot a season-best 60.8% from the field, hit 13-of-23 from three, […]
March 12, 2026
Rooster opened with Greg Russo (Steve Carrell) coming to campus to check on Katie as her personal life detonates in front of a community that can’t stop watching, and by the end of Episode 1 he’s already getting tugged into the school’s orbit—an enticing professional lane on one side, and the emotional reality of being […]
March 12, 2026
Boise State and San Jose State get to Las Vegas with very different late-season rhythms. The Broncos are the No. 6 seed at 20-11 overall and 12-8 in the Mountain West, and they closed the regular season on a five-game winning streak: 84-69 over San Jose State, 72-62 over Wyoming, 69-53 at Fresno State, 86-77 […]
March 11, 2026
UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis arrive in Henderson with the same 18-13 overall record and the same 11-9 Big West mark, but they do not arrive with the same late-season feel. UCSB has dropped four of its last five, and every loss in that stretch has reinforced how thin the margin has become: overtime […]
March 11, 2026
UC San Diego and Cal Poly meet in Henderson with the kind of opening-round tension that makes these league tournaments feel heavier than their seed lines. The Tritons are the No. 5 seed at 22-10 and 12-8 in the Big West, the defending tournament champion, and a team that closed the regular season winning six […]
March 11, 2026
Colorado State and Fresno State walk into Las Vegas with very different regular seasons behind them. The Rams are 20-11 overall, 11-9 in the Mountain West, and the No. 7 seed; the Bulldogs are 13-18, 7-13, and the No. 10 seed. This is a true survive-and-advance spot, and the recent form leans Ram too: Colorado […]
March 11, 2026
The Patriot League does not do soft landings, and this final feels like the league distilled into one night. Boston University and Lehigh both walk in at 17-16, both one win from the bracket, but the room tilts toward the home side because the game is in Bethlehem, where Lehigh is 12-4 at Stabler Arena […]
March 11, 2026
Indiana is the No. 10 seed at 18-13 overall and 9-11 in the Big Ten, while Northwestern is the No. 15 seed at 14-18 and 5-15 after surviving Penn State on Tuesday night. The surface read says rest edge and talent edge to the Hoosiers. The more important read is that Northwestern’s current version has […]
March 11, 2026