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.
Virginia arrives in Atlanta at 22-3 and 10-2, playing like a team that treats February as a seeding audit. Georgia Tech is 11-15 and 2-11, sliding through a seven-game losing streak and searching for a clean sixty minutes. This is the kind of night-game spot where the favorite has to bring its own edge, because […]
February 18, 2026
The Murray State Racers opened 8-0 in Missouri Valley Conference play, then went 3-6 in the last nine and just ate an 87-70 home loss to Belmont. Illinois State is wobbling too after an 83-56 loss to UIC where it shot 35.6% and got buried 60-22 in the paint. Illinois State’s home posture matters in […]
February 18, 2026
Saint Mary’s walks into Seattle at 23-4 and 12-2 in the WCC, still chasing the league’s top tier and treating every road night like a résumé rep. Seattle sits 16-11 and 5-9, but it has protected its home floor at 12-3, and this one lands in that strange pro-court pocket at Climate Pledge where early […]
February 18, 2026
Seton Hall’s season has a defined shape now, and the calendar is tightening around it. The Pirates are 18-8 overall and 8-7 in Big East play, sitting in the part of the table where every home game is résumé oxygen. DePaul arrive 13-12 and 5-9, still dangerous enough to make this feel personal because the […]
February 18, 2026
Auburn walk into Starkville with the record pressure of a team that scores like a contender and defends like a problem. Mississippi State have lived on the wrong side of the SEC table, but they just reminded everyone what their ceiling looks like when the shotmaking wakes up. Auburn sit 14-11 with a 5-7 league […]
February 18, 2026
Illinois walk into a late West Coast tip with top-ten posture and Big Ten leverage, and USC sit in the exact kind of home slot that can turn into either a shootout or a spiral. The Illini come off a 71–51 reset win over Indiana Hoosiers, and USC just played a possession-heavy 89–82 game at […]
February 18, 2026
Minnesota limps into Eugene with the kind of record that makes every possession feel loud, and Oregon gets another home chance to turn a season into something coherent. The Ducks are 9–16 with a 2–12 league mark, and the Gophers are 11–14 and 4–10. Oregon’s timing matters, too: the 83–72 Penn State win finally snapped […]
February 17, 2026
Grand Canyon and San Diego State meet again in the kind of late-night Mountain West slot that feels like a conference playoff. San Diego State sit 18–6 and 12–2 in league play, and Viejas is where they’ve been banking wins with real control. Grand Canyon are 16–9 and 9–5, and they already proved the matchup […]
February 17, 2026
South Carolina arrives buried in the Southeastern Conference basement at 11–14 and 2–10, and this is the kind of road spot that can turn a skid into a spiral. Florida sit 19–6 and 10–2, alone on top of the league, and the stakes are simple: keep stacking separation before the bracket math hardens. Exactech Arena […]
February 17, 2026
SWAC games don’t care what you’ve been all season, they care what you can execute in the last six minutes. Bethune-Cookman is sitting on top of the league, and every road night is a tax you have to pay in full. Jackson State is good enough to make the building matter, especially when the lead […]
February 16, 2026
CAA nights don’t care about polish, they care about clean possessions and late-clock poise. Drexel Dragons comes into Stony Brook Seawolves with a 13-13 record, while Stony Brook sits 15-11 and owns the home floor. The first meeting in Philly was a total shutdown, and Drexel won 56-37, which is still the loudest data point […]
February 16, 2026