Wednesday CBB DFS Cheat Sheet & NCAA Tournament Picks - 3/19
The Big Dance continues on Wednesday night from Dayton, Ohio, with a pair of First Four matchups as two more teams will secure their spots in the Round of 64.
Wednesday’s contests include American and Mount St. Mary’s hooking up in a battle of 16-seeds. The night concludes with Texas taking on Xavier. And that’s just a start of what’s to come for CBB DFS this week.
Welcome to today’s CBB DFS Cheat Sheet, as we breakdown some of the biggest games in college basketball and give today’s best CBB DFS picks for PrizePicks for Wednesday, March 19.
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Let’s break down some of the best college basketball picks to target for the Wednesday CBB DFS slate on PrizePicks.
College Basketball DFS Cheat Sheet: First Four
Here’s a look at some of the CBB DFS picks and projections to target in Wednesday’s college basketball games for March 19 on PrizePicks.
Wednesday CBB Games to Target
CBB DFS Picks Today for PrizePicks
- American G Elijah Stephens — 13.5 Pts+Asts
- Mount St. Mary’s G Dallas Hobbs — 20 Pts+Rebs+Asts
- Texas F Arthur Kaluma — 18 Pts+Rebs
- Xavier F Zach Freemantle — 25 Pts+Rebs
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Wednesday CBB DFS Picks & Game Previews for PrizePicks
Here are the top games to target for CBB DFS fantasy production today, Wednesday, March 19.
Mount St. Mary’s vs. American: Preview, Pick
Time: 6:40 p.m. ET
How to Watch: truTV
Mount St. Mary’s (22-12, 12-8 MAAC) closed the regular season winning six of its final eight games. The Mountaineers won the MAAC tournament for the first time after entering the conference in 2022.
American (22-12, 13-5 Patriot) is making its first appearance in the Big Dance since 2014. The Eagles won 15 of their last 18 games following a 7-9 start.
The Mountaineers led the MAAC in effective field goal percentage at 53.4%, but stepped up defensively down the stretch. Mount St. Mary’s allowed 58 points or fewer in each of the three wins in the MAAC tournament.
The Eagles will look to slow the pace as they rank 349th in the country in tempo. American uses nearly 20 seconds per possession according to KenPom, which is the ninth-longest average possession length in the nation.
Here are a few key stats to help you make your DFS picks for Wednesday’s First Four opener on PrizePicks:
- American F Matt Rogers leads the team with 17.0 points per game.
- Rogers scored more than 20 points in 13 games this season. His PrizePicks scoring projection is set at 17.5 points.
- American has hit 44% of its 3-point attempts in the last four games.
- Four players averaged double-digits for Mount St. Mary’s this season.
- Mount St. Mary’s F Dola Adebayo averaged a career-high 13.2 points per game.
- Adebayo compiled a double-double in four of the last seven games.
- KenPom projects this game with an estimated 121 points.
CBB PrizePicks Pick: American F Matt Rogers — 17.5 Points
Xavier vs. Texas: Preview, Pick
Time: 9:10 p.m. ET
How to Watch: truTV
Texas (19-15, 6-12 SEC) is the first of 14 SEC teams to take the floor in the NCAA tournament. The Longhorns squeezed into the Big Dance despite losing eight of their final 11 games.
On the flip side, Xavier (21-11, 13-7 Big East) won its final seven games of the regular season before getting bounced by Marquette in the Big East Tournament.
The Musketeers rank sixth in the nation in 3-point percentage at 38.8% and eighth in free-throw shooting at 79.4%.
The Longhorns didn't do a lot well in SEC play by ranking 12th in offensive efficiency and 11th in defensive efficiency. Texas helped themselves by winning a pair of games in the SEC tournament over Vanderbilt and Texas A&M.
Here are a few key stats to help you make your DFS picks for Wednesday’s showdown on PrizePicks:
- Texas G Tre Johnson led the SEC in scoring at 19.8 points per game.
- Johnson’s projection on PrizePicks is set at 19 points. The freshman has scored more than 20 points in six of the last 10 games.
- Texas has held opponents to shoot 33% or worse from 3-point range in the last five games.
- Xavier G Ryan Conwell scored 38 points in the Big East quarterfinals against Marquette.
- Conwell has scored more than 20 points in five consecutive games. His points projection is listed at 18.5 on PrizePicks.
- KenPom projects this game at 151 points.
- Xavier and its opponents have scored a combined 151 points or less in four of the last six games.
CBB PrizePicks Pick: Xavier G Ryan Conwell — 18 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, Wednesday, March 19.
American G Elijah Stephens — 13.5 Pts+Asts
- Eagles G Elijah Stephens has finished with less than 13 points and assists in seven of the last 10 games.
- The senior was held to single-digits in four of the last five games. Stephens netted 16 points in the Patriot League semifinals against Colgate.
- Stephens has recorded four or more assists in four consecutive games.
- Stephens won’t be much of a 3-point threat, hitting on 4-of-18 tries in the last seven games.
- He will be counted on at the foul line as he converted 84% of his free throws.
Mount St. Mary’s G Dallas Hobbs — 20 Pts+Rebs+Asts
- Mount St. Mary’s G Dallas Hobbs lifted the Mountaineers to the MAAC title with 18 points, three rebounds, and seven assists against Iona.
- Hobbs has scored 10 points or more in 10 of the last 13 games.
- In 12 of the past 14 contests, Hobbs has dished out at least three assists.
- The sophomore has shot less than 40% from the floor in five consecutive games.
- Hobbs is averaging four rebounds a contest in the last nine games.
Texas F Arthur Kaluma — 18 Pts+Rebs
- Longhorns F Arthur Kaluma has pulled down more than seven rebounds in five of the last seven games.
- Kaluma scored in double-figures in six consecutive games before getting held to seven points against Tennessee in the SEC tournament quarterfinals.
- Kaluma will not be depended on from downtown as he has hit two 3-pointers across the past five games.
- Xavier ranks 44th in the country in defensive efficiency. However, the Musketeers have allowed four of their last five opponents to exceed 55% shooting on 2-point tries.
- The senior has attempted eight or more field goals in eight consecutive games.
Xavier F Zach Freemantle — 25 Pts+Rebs
- Musketeers F Zach Freemantle closed the regular season with three games of scoring more than 23 points.
- Freemantle was held to 15 points in the Big East tournament loss to Marquette.
- The senior has been consistent as a rebounder, pulling down more than seven rebounds in six of the last eight games.
- Xavier ranks 14th in the country in opponents’ offensive rebounding percentage.
- Freemantle has grabbed 17 offensive rebounds in the last eight games.
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We’ve got a great slate of great college basketball games on Wednesday night in the First Four, as teams fight to keep their season alive in the NCAA Tournament.
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