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.
Charlotte walks into this AAC spot with the cleaner shape and the home floor that matters in a game this tight. The 49ers are 14-13 overall and 8-6 in league play, while North Texas is 16-12 and 7-8, so this is not some major class gap. Halton has still been a real edge, with Charlotte […]
February 25, 2026
Nebraska gets the exact kind of February home spot that can turn from controlled to cruel in a hurry. The Cornhuskers are 23-4, 12-4 in the Big Ten, ranked No. 12, and 17-2 at home, while Maryland comes in 11-16, 4-12 in league play, and just 3-10 on the road. The Terrapins did beat Washington […]
February 25, 2026
Vanderbilt gets a true SEC hinge game at Memorial on Wednesday night. The Commodores are 21-6 and 8-6 in league play, back home after two one-possession losses that tightened the race, while Georgia arrives at 19-8 and 7-7 after ripping off wins over Kentucky and Texas. That gives this matchup equal March pressure from both […]
February 25, 2026
The Lobos are 21-6, 12-4 in the Mountain West, and they have won three straight, including that clean road result at Grand Canyon and the gritty 80-78 escape at Fresno State. Nevada is 18-9, 10-6, and Lawlor is still a problem at 13-2, but the Wolf Pack have also lived a far more volatile month. […]
February 24, 2026
UCF walk into Provo at 19-7 (8-6 Big 12) with a real bubble game on the table and a real offensive identity that travels. BYU are 20-7 (8-6 Big 12), fresh off the 79-69 home win over Iowa State, and the Marriott Center is expecting another clean résumé stamp. UCF are not arriving as a […]
February 24, 2026
Iowa State walk into the Huntsman Center at 23-4 (10-4 Big 12) with a top seed story still alive and a road edge still getting tested. The Cyclones just got clipped 79-69 at BYU, and that kind of loss either sharpens the teeth or exposes the same soft spots again. Utah are 10-17 (2-12) and […]
February 24, 2026
Kentucky walk into Columbia at 17–10 (8–6 SEC) with the season still needing a clean, adult road finish. South Carolina are 12–15 (3–11 SEC), but the home floor just reminded everyone it can turn a night loose fast. Kentucky have been living on the edge lately, and South Carolina just played a ceiling game, so […]
February 24, 2026
Tennessee walk into Columbia with the SEC table tight and every road night feeling like a seeding audit. Missouri are 18-9 and 14-2 at home, and that building can turn one dry stretch into a two-minute avalanche. Tennessee are 20-7, riding a four-game streak, and the defensive identity has traveled cleanly in the last week. […]
February 24, 2026
Houston and Kansas meet in Allen Fieldhouse with the Big 12 race tight and both teams needing a clean response after recent bruising results. Houston’s identity is still defense-first and possession-disciplined, built to turn games into a grind where every empty trip matters. Kansas is more star-driven in the half court, leaning on embattled and […]
February 23, 2026
Southland Monday night in Beaumont, with both teams dragging a little baggage into a rematch. Lamar Cardinals are 12-16 and have been stuck in a five-game skid, while Nicholls State Colonels are 11-17 and have dropped four of five. The first meeting ran hot and loud, but the new number is tighter and the total […]
February 23, 2026
Monday night in Natchitoches is the kind of Southland game that looks small until it starts taking things personally. Incarnate Word Cardinals walk in at 11-17, Northwestern State Demons sit at 9-19, and both are coming off a win that showed their best version can still show up on command. Incarnate Word just scored 82 […]
February 23, 2026