Saturday CBB DFS Cheat Sheet: CBB Picks for PrizePicks Today, 3/8
Selection Sunday is less than 10 days away, with the regular season coming to a close in college basketball this weekend. There’s still plenty of opportunities to find wins on PrizePicks before the NCAA Tournament is set in stone on Sunday, March 16, and the all-day chaos begins on March 20.
Welcome to today’s CBB DFS Cheat Sheet, as we isolate some of the biggest matchups around college basketball and give today’s best CBB picks on PrizePicks. Below, we’ll look at some of the top matchups and our best CBB DFS player picks for Saturday, March 8, on PrizePicks.
The final Saturday of the college basketball regular season is highlighted by a pair of rivalry matchups. The hoops version of the Iron Bowl features top-ranked Auburn entertaining Alabama, while Duke and North Carolina hook up in Chapel Hill.
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Let’s break down some of the CBB DFS picks to target for the Saturday CBB DFS slate on PrizePicks.
College Basketball DFS Cheat Sheet for Saturday
Here’s a look at some of the CBB DFS picks and projections to target in Saturday’s college basketball games for March 8 on PrizePicks.
Saturday CBB Games to Target
CBB DFS Picks Today for PrizePicks
- Ohio State G Bruce Thornton — 15.5 Points
- Xavier F Zach Freemantle — 24.5 Pts+Rebs
- Florida F Alex Condon — 7.5 Rebounds
- UCLA G Sebastian Mack — 12 Pts+Asts
Saturday CBB DFS Picks & Game Previews for PrizePicks
Here are the top games to target for CBB DFS fantasy production today, Saturday, March 8.
No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 1 Auburn: Preview, Pick
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
How to Watch: ESPN
The top team in college basketball seeks its 28th win of the season on Saturday as No. 1 Auburn welcomes in rival Alabama to Neville Arena.
The Tigers (27-3, 15-2 SEC) suffered just their second conference defeat on Tuesday in an 83-72 setback at Texas A&M. Auburn never led and saw its eight-game road winning streak come to an end.
The Crimson Tide (23-7, 12-5 SEC) look to turn things around following their back-to-back losses to Tennessee and Florida. Alabama started SEC play at 10-1 before going 2-4 in the last six games, which includes a 94-85 home defeat to Auburn last month.
Auburn ranks first in the country in offensive efficiency, while limiting opponents to 28.1% shooting from three-point range in conference action.
Alabama sits third in the nation in offensive efficiency and third in three-point shooting at 59.8%.
Here are a few key stats to help you make your DFS picks for Saturday’s SEC showdown on PrizePicks:
- Auburn star forward Johni Broome was limited to eight points in the loss to Texas A&M, marking his second straight game with less than 10 points.
- Broome compiled a 10-game streak of scoring at least 10 points prior to the last two games.
- Broome has stayed below 33.5 combined points + rebounds — his projection on PrizePicks today — in nine of the last 10 games.
- Broome had 33 points + rebounds in the last game against Alabama, with 19 points and 14 rebounds.
- Tigers G Chad Baker-Mazara has posted his two best scoring outputs recently by scoring 22 points each against Ole Miss and Kentucky.
- Since Alabama knocked down 22 3-pointers in a blowout of Mississippi State, the Tide has been limited to 18-of-49 shooting from downtown in the past two losses.
- The Tide has allowed 80 or more points in six of their past seven road contests. The only game that finished below that number came in the buzzer-beating loss at Tennessee, when Alabama yielded 79 points.
- Alabama G Mark Sears ranks second in the SEC with 19.5 points per game.
- However, Sears posted his worst shooting game in conference play in the last matchup with Auburn, shooting 4-of-17 (2-of-11 on 3-pointers), and finishing with 18 points.
- KenPom projects this game to be the highest-scoring matchup in Saturday’s action, estimating a total of 176 points between the state rivals.
CBB PrizePicks Pick: Auburn F Johni Broome — 33.5 Pts+Rebs
No. 2 Duke vs. North Carolina: Preview, Pick
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
How to Watch: ESPN
The battle on Tobacco Road to close out the regular season in the ACC showcases second-ranked Duke heading to Chapel Hill to face North Carolina.
The Blue Devils (27-3, 18-1 ACC) have been a machine in conference play of late by crushing their last three opponents by 30 points or more.
We discussed above that Auburn and Alabama are top three teams in the country in offensive efficiency. Guess who ranks second? Yep, it’s Duke and they also sit fourth in the nation in defensive efficiency.
The Tar Heels have seen a drop from last season’s 29-win campaign, but UNC is still tied for fourth in the ACC with SMU heading into Saturday’s action at 13-6.
North Carolina has pulled off six consecutive victories since a 7-6 record in February, while eclipsing the 80-point mark in all six wins.
Here are a few key stats to help you make your DFS picks for Saturday’s ACC matchup on PrizePicks:
- Duke freshman F Cooper Flagg went through a five-game streak of scoring less than 20 points before exploding for 28 points against Wake Forest on Monday.
- For as fantastic as the Blue Devils have been offensively, Jon Scheyer’s squad has allowed 70 points or less during each win during this seven-game hot streak.
- The Tar Heels have shot lights out of late from downtown by shooting at least 50% in three of the past four games.
- In the last matchup in Durham, Duke guard Kon Knueppel scored 22 points, as his scoring projection on Saturday is set at 15 points on PrizePicks.
- UNC leading scorer R.J. Davis (17.2 ppg) has eclipsed the 15-point mark in six of the last seven road games. The one game below that number came in the first meeting against Duke when the guard was held to 12 points.
- Davis is projected for 16.5 points on PrizePicks today. He’s topped that in four of his last seven games, but only scored 12 in the first matchup with Duke.
- KenPom projects this game to be high-scoring, estimating a total of 157 points between these two old rivals.
CBB PrizePicks Pick: North Carolina G R.J. Davis — 16.5 Points
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CBB DFS Picks Today for PrizePicks
Here are four CBB DFS picks to use in your PrizePicks CBB Lineups for today, Saturday, March 8.
Ohio State G Bruce Thornton — 15.5 Points
- Buckeyes G Bruce Thornton has caught fire of late by scoring 20 points or more in three consecutive games.
- Thornton has posted more than 17 points in six of the past eight games away from Columbus.
- Thornton scored 18 points across 43 minutes in the first game against Indiana this season, a 77-76 overtime loss.
- Thornton has drilled eight 3-pointers across the last three contests and now faces an Indiana squad that has limited its past three opponents to 28.7% shooting from three-point range.
- The junior will receive opportunities to shoot as he has attempted at least 12 field goals in each of the past five games.
- Thornton put up 20 shots in a double-overtime win over Nebraska on Tuesday.
Xavier F Zach Freemantle — 24.5 Pts+Rebs
- Xavier F Zach Freemantle is fresh off two of his best offensive games of the season. Fremantle scored 23 points against Creighton and 24 points in a win at Butler.
- Fremantle is doing most of his damage on two-point attempts, converting 22-of-31 shots in the last two games.
- The senior hasn’t made his way to the free throw line often, by trying four foul shots across the past four games.
- In 15 Big East games, Freemantle is averaging 6.7 rebounds a contest.
- Freemantle knocked down three 3-pointers in a 91-82 victory at Providence last month — the most 3-pointers he has hit against any Big East opponent.
- Providence has not been sound defensively during its four-game slide by yielding 58% or higher on effective field goal percentage in each loss.
Florida F Alex Condon — 7.5 Rebounds
- Florida F Alex Condon has picked up more than eight rebounds in each of his last two games.
- Condon pulled down nine rebounds against Texas A&M and 10 boards in Wednesday’s win at Alabama.
- Taking away the Mississippi State game in which he played one minute, Condon has amassed nine rebounds or more in four of the past five contests.
- This rebound projection has been eclipsed by Condon in seven of eight home SEC contests.
- Mississippi owns the worst offensive rebound percentage in SEC play. However, the Rebels pulled down 15 offensive boards against Tennessee on Wednesday, their highest output in conference action.
UCLA G Sebastian Mack — 12 Pts+Asts
- UCLA guard Sebastian Mack has racked up 13 or more combined points and assists in three of the past four games.
- In Mack’s last two home games, he has posted double-figure scoring against Ohio State and Minnesota.
- The last time Mack faced USC, the sophomore scored 14 points and dished out one assist in a six-point victory.
- USC ranks 14th in Big Ten play in assists allowed on made field goals according to KenPom and sits 312th in the country in that category.
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It’s the final Saturday of the college basketball regular season, and we’ve got a loaded slate of great games on tap as teams fight for their final wins.
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