 Hey everybody, I'm Greg Sussman and today we're taking a look, obviously, at the tournament in particular Thursday afternoon for the early slate and Fandall has you ready to break the slate down with us. I'm joined by Brett Oswald from Fandall to give us all the advice we can all handle. What's going on, Brett? What's up, Greg? What's up, everyone? March is here. March is definitely here and we'll start with the top plays on the board and that brings us to Kansas with Deidre Lawson and if Kansas is going to make a move, Lawson has to be the guy that gets them there. Why is he one of your higher priced players that you're putting in your lineup? Well, he's your classic do-it-all kind of college basketball player and he's one of only two guys averaging 19 boards or excuse me, 19 points, 10 boards, a steal and a block per game. Now he's without two of his best running mates and Azabuki and Gerald Vick for multiple reasons. He is going to shoulder even more of the load than he has all year, which his usage rate is up near 29% according to sports reference and so we need to target that heavily for a guy averaging nearly 37 Fandall points a game this year. Lawson does a bit of everything as you heard Brett say. That's why he hopes you over in Fandall because he gives you the block, he gives you the steal, he gives you an assist along with all the points and rebounds. Lawson is a good player to build your lineup around. Up next, we'll go to Michigan State and one of the best players that I got a chance to see in the country and that's Cassius Winston, who many of you will predict will lead the Spartans to the final four. Cassius Winston at $8,900, obviously a good price. What do you think? Yeah, I mean he's a Naysmith candidate for a reason. He's one of the best point guards and one of the best passers in all the nation. He's third in assists per game and second in assist rate in the entire NCAA and he's heading a Spartans team that has a very high total out in Vegas around 76 points at this time. They're giant favorites playing an overmatch Bradley squad. You expect him to take advantage of Tom is a success in March and past years. So you got to go if you're going big at guard, you can't go wrong with Cassius Winston. Winston, one of the best guards in the country, as you said, nominated for the Naysmith Award this year and for good reason. Every time he plays, he, I don't know, he impresses me and I think he'll do a lot of impressing at least early on Thursday against Bradley. Up next, we'll get to Tramont Waters for LSU and Brad, everyone's off of LSU this week, especially on Thursday. Given that Will Wade's not coaching, given that they're playing a Yale team that people love, why are you in on LSU? It's first of two LSU players who gets you and why are you in on Tramont Waters? Well, we're in on LSU because they have the highest total on the slate as they get ready to take on a very high paced, high scoring Yale squad all their own. The Tigers total is seven points higher than the next closest team. Last I checked on the slate, Yale's defense is 149th and Ken Palm.com's adjusted defensive efficiency rating and beyond just the boost he's getting from that, he's averaging over 15 points for a second straight year. He's also thrown in those three steals a game. So that's just six fandal points you're getting from steals alone, especially against a Yale team that allows opposing teams have seven steals a game. So it's a recipe for success with Waters 8,200. Yeah. So here's a reveal after a member. Even though LSU may lose this game and Yale could ultimately beat him, it'll be high scoring. It's the highest total on the board is what LSU is giving you. So putting not just one player and we'll get to the second one in a moment. Two players in your lineup. Well, it could make all the sense in the world and be a big difference maker for you. Up next, we'll get to Sam Houser and Marquette, another popular upset pick, Brett Marquette in the first round, falling to Murray State, of course, and John Morant. I don't see John Morant on the list, but Houser makes the cut. How come? Well, everybody is going to be on John Morant and Marcus Howard on the other side on Sam Houser's same team. You're going to pay up for Marcus Howard above 8,000. You're getting Houser in this nice midrange area. You're getting exposure to that juicy one 49 and a half total between these two teams in this exciting 12-5 matchup. There still might be some popularity involved, but I think it's a very good contrarian play, especially for a guy who has a high of 42.1 fandal points this season. He can really fill it up from outside. So I would look for him to have a good game against this Murray State racers team, which plays at a high racers pace. It's going to be fast and a lot of scoring. So Houser, one of those guys that people aren't thinking about, a little bit contrarian at 7400. It's a good price on a team or in a game with a high total, a lot to like there with Sam Houser and Marquette. We mentioned Cassius Winston earlier. Xavier Tillman, another one of those Spartans that you may want to consider in daily fantasy on Thursday early. 7300 dollars. How come you're going back to Michigan State here? Well, they have a very advantageous matchup, like I said, against Bradley. And believe it or not, Bradley's leading rebounder stands six foot seven, Elijah Childs. Tillman is 6'8", very lengthy, 6'8", very athletic player. He hasn't been playing big minutes all year, but if you look at his per 40 minute numbers, he's at 16.3 points and 12.4 boards a game. And he's going to get all the run he can get, especially with this Michigan State team short handed without Cal Arons and Joshua Langford, who was hurt earlier in the year. He's also tied for the most putbacks on the team and converting 70 percent of those opportunities. So if he can take advantage of those of the poor rebounding numbers on Bradley's side, I could see him having a very big game. And potentially at low ownership, given his lack of minutes at points this year. Averaging under 24 minutes per game. So maybe again, a contrarian play here from Brett that'll help you out and go in a different direction than the majority of the fantasy players on Thursday. One more top play to get to. And that's Nasreed for LSU. We spoke about them before the high total against Yale. Why in particular are you interested in Nasreed? First and foremost, he's super talented, he was a very highly touted freshman when he got signed by LSU. One of many that we've seen over the years, including Ben Simmons, he's actually one of only four freshmen in LSU history or going back to 1993, according to sports reference database that has averaged 13 points and seven boards a game. He has seven double doubles this year, and he's coming off just a 26 point 14 rebound game against Florida in a loss in the conference tournament. So he's playing at his best. He's peaking. He has that experience now, even in his freshman season, to where he can take advantage of LSU's high total and get you a big amount of fantasy points potentially under 7000. Reid obviously incredibly talented and even without Will Wade as the head coach this week. I think there's a lot to like with all of the LSU Tigers. And that's why, as Brett said, it makes sense to get at least two in your lineup. We gave you the top plays, but who are you to pair them up with? Where is the value to be found? We'll let you know when we come back. More from the FanDuel Hurry Up right after this. Back with you on the FanDuel Hurry Up alongside Brett Oswald from FanDuel. I am Greg Sussman. We gave you some of the top plays to look for on Thursday's FanDuel DFS slate. But we need to get the value plays to pair those top guys up with. So let's start with Kansas, who for once isn't a one or two seed. They're a four seed. What J-Hawk makes the most sense to get into our lineups this week? Yeah, that's Devon Dodson, a super talented freshman guard. He's not the cheapest value player you're going to find at just under 6000. But he's been a key player for this J-Hawk team all season. And he's picked up the slack in the absence of Ligero Vic, who, as I said, left the team for personal reasons. And since he did so on February 5th, Dodson's numbers are up in terms of shot attempts from 7.7 a game to 9.8 a game. In that time, he's averaging 24 FanDuel points. But that's up to 28 in three big 12 conference games or in the conference tournament at that. So he's just a talented freshman producing now, getting more minutes, peeking at the right time, much like a lot of freshmen this time of year. So he's a very good value play to add alongside Losson. You mentioned you took Losson earlier. Impairing him up with Devon Dodson makes a lot of sense for the Kansas J-Hawks in particularly if you want to pair off these guys and go after North Eastern, it just makes too much sense not to get both J-Hawks in there. Another player you want to get in there is Blake Reynolds of Yale. We said before that LSU Yale game is going to be high scoring and Reynolds at $5,400 makes a lot of sense, Brett. Yeah, this is a senior captain of this Yale squad. He hasn't been averaging big minutes all year, but you have to imagine he's going to get more run in the tournament and crunch time. As a senior, he is third on the team in points per game already, and that's up to 17.2 over 40 minutes. Now he's probably going to play around 30 minutes, but but you don't need giant production from him to reach value. If you're looking for that optimal four times value, all you need is 21.6 Fandal points at this price. He's a nice stretch for shooting over 44 percent from three. And he could cause matchup problems for a guy like Nas read that we said, you know, he's a bigger guy and he's going to be sucked inside. As the senior leader for this Yale team. Well, he's going to put up points. You know, he does not want this to be his last game of his career. It's a real big reason to like Blake Reynolds and as many superstars that you could fill into your lineup here. It's going to be high scoring. We know that. So make sure you get a bunch of Tigers and a bunch of Yale players in there. Up next, Christian Cunningham for the Louisville Cardinals are he's up next. And while Cunningham against Minnesota, I like the matchup. Maybe it's just because I'm not high on Minnesota. What do you think of Cunningham and Louisville? Yeah, this is more of a contrarian spot. Like you said, it's it's not an obvious spot to go to, according to the Vegas totals and everything like that. But it will be a close game according to those Vegas spreads. Five and a half point favorites. The Cardinals are in Cunningham is one of very few players in this range that can get you around 30 Fandal points because of his scoring and just his minutes load overall. He's a little old for your average college player. He's 23 years old. He's played in over 140 collegiate basketball games. He transferred from Sanford this year. So he has that experience of playing and knowing all the things you need to know come March. Kind of checks all the boxes, given the experience, given the amount of talent that he has, given his role for this Louisville team, playing over 31 minutes a game. Obviously, someone you want to get in your lineup. Up next, we go to Murray State. And it's not John Morant. He certainly would not qualify as a value play. It's Darno Cowart. How come Cowart fits the bill and not some of these other Murray State players? Yeah, what we want to do here is actually play off that John Morant play that everybody else is going to be looking to do since he's finally on a slate this year, but he's expensive. And why not take advantage of his playmaking skills? Get a guy that can grab a couple of al-Yups and easy dumps down low, as well as the rebounds. He does have season highs of 23 points. And 13 rebounds in his first year with the Racers. He's a junior transfer. He's averaging over 19 minutes, but over 40 minutes, he's averaging 21.6 points. He has five double doubles since the beginning of February. So he also has picked up his play of late in conference play. And his usage is fairly high for a guy that doesn't play a ton of minutes around 25 percent. So this is what I think is an obvious value spot to get in this high scoring game against Marquette. It's a good spot for playing off John Morant, but just cheaper. Obviously, someone you want to pay attention to. And obviously, someone you're getting into your lineup, especially at the price, just $5,000. We go back to Michigan State here, our third Michigan State player. And it's Aaron Henry. You're loading up on Spartans here, Brett. Yeah, why not another one, you know? They have one of the higher totals on the board and they're a big favorite. Now they're shorthanded. And that's the main point that we're looking here for for Aaron Henry, who is just 4900. So he needs just nineteen point six fandal points for you to get that four times optimal value you're looking for. He's averaging a hair over 20 minutes a game for the year, but he played over 30 minutes a game in the Big Ten tournament. Now, Kyle Arons is out. So he's going to be the biggest beneficiary. And he gets you those peripheral stats that we like to see from our value guys, seven point one boards per 40 minutes, along with two point seven assists and two point two blocks plus steals. So he can get you get you what you need done in the big amount of minutes that he's seen recently for the Spartans. Minutes, that's what the name of the game is. You can just find a guy to play all these minutes on a beat off team coach that doesn't really want to play as younger players that aren't ready for prime time. Aaron Henry fits the bill. He's cheap under five thousand dollars. Certainly, someone you have to consider on Thursday. One more guy to get to, and that's traveling Queen for New Mexico State. $4,700. How come you're looking in this direction to play that averages less than 15 minutes a game? Yeah, like you said, Queen is not a big contributor. He hasn't seen a ton of minutes throughout the year. He's averaging just 7.5 points and 14.7 Fando points. Now, fortunately, all we need is 18.8 from him at $4,700 for him to reach value. He's coming off a very hot 27 point game in the conference title game. And he has six games of 13 plus points since February 7th. So he's hot. He's an efficient scorer. He has multiple games with double digit points in less than 25 minutes. You don't usually see a guy do that. So he has a special kind of talent and even against Auburn, you know, this could end up being a slightly higher scoring game than the expert sync because Auburn gives them a nice pace boost by about two possessions. So Queen would be a smart guy to fit in your lineup with the very high price guys like Lawson and Winston, the killer queen, a perfect value play. And you could fit in more high price guys like Winston, maybe a jammer at maybe a Sam Houser as well. A lot of different variations you could do. One that you're going to need to do Queen at just $4,700. That's going to do it for us here, the Fando hurry up. I want to thank Brett Oswald for joining me. Good luck in DFS on Thursday. Good luck in your brackets. And well, we'll see you back for more March Madness coverage right here tomorrow.