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.
The Battle for LA lands with palpable March pressure on both sides, but the weight sits differently in each locker room. UCLA walks in at 18-9 and 10-6 in the Big Ten, fresh off that wild 23-point comeback against Illinois, and Pauley Pavilion has been a weapon all year at 15-1. USC is 18-9 too, […]
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
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
Houston walks into Allen Fieldhouse with the Big 12 title math sitting right on the table. The Cougars are 23-4 (11-3) and a game behind Arizona, but they arrive off back-to-back one-possession losses: 70-67 at Iowa State and 73-66 vs Arizona. Kansas is 20-7 (10-4) and still owns the building, but the recent shape is […]
February 23, 2026
Louisville walks into Dean E. Smith Center with the ACC ladder jammed tight and the double-bye cutline looming. North Carolina is 21-6 (9-5) and still own that building, but the rotation has been living in public, with Caleb Wilson out and the roles behind him constantly being re-stacked. Louisville is 20-7 (9-5), has won six […]
February 23, 2026
Florida Atlantic walk into The Super Pit at 15-12 and 7-7 in the American Athletic Conference, and this is a survival spot. North Texas are 15-12 and 6-8, and the home floor is the whole point tonight. North Texas just edged Temple 65-62 in a game that lived in the mud. Florida Atlantic has been […]
February 22, 2026
Iowa bring a 19-7 profile into Wisconsin with the Big Ten Conference standings packed tight behind the leaders. Wisconsin is 18-8 and 10-5 in league play, and Iowa sits 19-7 and 9-6, so this is a real seeding swing. The scene is Kohl Center at a Sunday 4:00 PM tip, the kind of window that […]
February 22, 2026