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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 22
The puck drops for Friday’s four-game NHL DFS slate at 7 p.m. ET. Once again, I’ll be providing GPP stacks, positional rankings, and pick’ems on Underdog.  As always, I’ll also be on Discord throughout the day to answer all of your questions.    Below you’ll see a list of all the games on the NHL […]
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Kenneth Le
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CBB DFS
NCAA Tournament DFS Picks and Strategy for Friday (3/22)
Day 1 of the 2024 NCAA Tournament is in the books, and it was a solid overall performance with key plays such as Caleb Love, Armando Bacot and Mo Diarra doing well for us in DFS, while Marcus Tshionis unfortunately struggled. However, I saw a lot of FTN community members on the right side of […]
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Walter Waddell
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/21)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! March is full of madness, and not just in the college ranks. The Thunder, Nuggets and Timberwolves are all withing 1.5 games of the top seed in the Western Conference, which gives them homecourt advantage in every series until the Finals. Both teams currently in the 6 spot of their […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL Bets
NHL Prop Bets with Chris Meaney (3/21)
We have 11 games on the NHL slate for Thursday, so there’s plenty of action to be had on the ice. Below you’ll see my favorite NHL props, with a couple of bonus NHL prop bets as well. The odds change pretty quickly in the NHL, so take advantage of our Prop Shop for the best […]
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Chris Meaney
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 21
We have a solid six-game NBA DFS slate Thursday that will be competing for attention with the start of March Madness. There are a handful of elite superstar players to choose from, with a handful of players also on the rise.    1. Ayo Dosunmu is averaging 88.3 touches per game over his last three […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Post-Hype Sleepers for 2024 Fantasy Football
It’s an annual tradition — fantasy football drafters get so excited about a player, the hype is building over the course of the offseason, but for whatever reason, it doesn’t pan out. Entering the following season, the instinct is to stay as far away from that player in fantasy drafts.   But should it be? […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL DVOA
Top 10 DVOA Ratings in Losses
It’s the offseason, which means it’s a good time to look at fun past games of NFL history. Today, let’s look at the 10 best DVOA ratings ever scored in games where the team lost anyway. These are generally very good, close games against teams that ranked very high in DVOA and therefore had strong […]
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Aaron Schatz
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/21)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings.   So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
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Jake Kucheck
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CBB DFS
NCAA Tournament DFS Picks and Strategy for Thursday (3/21)
The First Four is now behind us, and we are moving full steam ahead to the first round of the NCAA tournament. Day 1 is always glorious, and there will no doubt be a ton of chaos as usual. The college basketball main DFS slate is an all-day grind with 16 total games, and we […]
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Walter Waddell
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CBB Bets
Best College Basketball Bets Today (Thursday 3/21)
The bracket is set, and the 2024 college basketball NCAA Tournament is finally underway. Thursday marks opening day, and we have a ton of fascinating games to begin March Madness. Below is my favorite bet of Thursday’s opening round.    Creighton vs. Akron (Creighton -12.5, DraftKings Sportsbook) We get a super intriguing matchup in the […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 21
The puck drops for Thursday’s 13-game NHL DFS slate at 7 p.m. ET. Once again, I’ll be providing GPP stacks, positional rankings, and pick’ems on Underdog.  As always, I’ll also be on Discord throughout the day to answer all of your questions.    Below you’ll see a list of all the games on the NHL […]
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Kenneth Le
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Primer for 2024
FAAB stands for “Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or Bidding).” It is the process of adding new hitters and pitchers to our fantasy baseball rosters in exchange for hitters and pitchers we have chosen to drop. Most fantasy sites, including NFBC, run FAAB once a week, Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last decade, […]
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Vlad Sedler
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CBB Bets
Mike Randle & Mike Cutri’s March Madness Bracket Picks (Final Version)
Today is the day!  The 2024 NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament has arrived, and we have you completely covered at FTN Bets. Our incredible team has all the information you need to help you place your bets. Here at FTN our incredible team of college basketball experts will take you through each bracket, talking […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
March Madness 2024 Betting Guide – NCAA Tournament
The 2024 NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament has arrived, and we have you completely covered at FTN Bets. Our incredible team has all the information you need to help you place your bets.   Which teams are making the Final Four? Who are this year’s Cinderellas? Which teams will score those critical first-round upsets? […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
2024 NCAA Tournament Simulations
We are just a day away from the start of the 64-team March Madness field. The college basketball betting world has turned their full attention to March Madness, investing in brackets and wagers. However, please make sure you don’t overlook the incredible value of NCAA Tournament futures.  After an incredible run in the Conference Tournaments, […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS Showdown Breakdown – Seoul Series (3/21)
One game down, one million more to go! My DFS thoughts for Game 2 of the MLB season are extremely similar to those from Game 1, so make sure you’ve read through the different paths for building showdown lineups. Instead of rehashing all of the same arguments, I’m just going to note some observations from Game […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2024 Valspar Championship
As the wins continue to pour in for myself and the entire FTN Discord, our trust and belief in the GPP Scores grow. Their mission is simple — identify who is under-owned (positive GPP Score) and who is over-rostered (negative GPP Score) by the field. From there, we simply play the under-rostered guys and fade the […]
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Alex Blickle
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 20
There are only three games on the NHL DFS main slate Wednesday, with puck drop set for 7:30 p.m. ET. I ranked my favorite line stacks and a few value plays below, as well as contrarian plays to consider in tournaments.  Before we get after it, the team here at FTN Daily featuring Kenneth Le, […]
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Chris Meaney
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CBB Bets
Mike Cutri’s Full 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket
The bracket is set, and March Madness has finally arrived. After studying these teams all season day in and day out, hours of games watched, diving into the metrics and potential matchups and much debate, my official 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket is complete. Check out how I see things shaking out below.   2024 NCAA […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Wednesday (3/20)
We had college basketball tournament action Tuesday with the NIT beginning along with the first half of the play-in games. Howard-Wagner was a relatively fun game in the second half, but Virginia was atrocious to watch as they got obliterated by CSU, and I’m just glad we don’t have to worry about them again this […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2024 NFL Mock Draft 2.0
The dust has settled from NFL free agency, so let’s take another crack at an NFL mock draft. A lot has changed since my first mock draft, but one thing remains the same: Mock drafts are an exercise in futility, as it’s essentially impossible to get even remotely close to correct on all your picks. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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PGA DFS
The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2024 Valspar Championship
Weather has played a frequent role this season on the PGA Tour. It seems that rain follows them around wherever they go to soften the course before the Tour shows up. This week, that rain is scheduled to hit during the Valspar Championship.    As of Wednesday morning, the Thursday forecast looks relatively calm, but […]
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Josh Culp
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CBB Bets
Best College Basketball Bets Today (Wednesday 3/20)
The NCAA Tournament bracket is set, and March Madness got officially underway Tuesday night with the First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. After a thrilling win by underdog Wagner over Howard and a destruction by Colorado State over Virginia, Wednesday brings us two additional matchups before the regular tournament kicks off at 12:15 p.m. ET […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 20
For the first time in what feels like quite a while, we have a full eight-game NBA DFS slate with late games on both DraftKings and FanDuel Wednesday. Three games don’t start until late so this slate is a more unique challenge, although we don’t have a ton of injuries to deal with Wednesday (famous […]
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Adam Strangis
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MLB Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: The MTM $5k Ultimate Draft (3/20)
Cue music from Field of Dreams. Me: “Is this heaven?” Hotel receptionist: “No, it’s Robbinsville.” March 16, 2024, I had the extreme pleasure of traveling to Robbinsville, N.J., to draft in my highest stakes live event of the year, the MTM Ultimate. Administered by the NFBC, the MTM Ultimate is the brainchild of Mike “The […]
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Mike Mager
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MLB Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Wednesday 3/20)
We made it through another offseason, as the 2024 MLB regular season begins in South Korea Wednesday, with the Dodgers and Padres facing off in a two-game set. An international affair means Dodgers and Padres fans are going to have to get up at 3 a.m. local time to watch their squads, while us on […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS Showdown Breakdown – Seoul Series (3/20)
The MLB season starts early Wednesday morning In Seoul, South Korea, with an NL West showdown. The Dodgers and Padres start us off with a tremendous pitching matchup — Tyler Glasnow vs. Yu Darvish. Thursday, we’re treated to Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Joe Musgrove. The MLB does some dumb stuff, but this is a pretty cool […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL Fantasy
Jets Make Splash, Add Mike Williams — Fantasy Impact
(FTN Fantasy is reacting to all the big fantasy news of the offseason! Follow along in our transaction tracker.) The New York Jets finally added a big-time No. 2 receiver Tuesday, signing former Chargers WR Mike Williams to a reported one-year, $15 million deal. Williams heads to the Jets after his release last week from […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/19)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! Normally I would be writing here about how upset I am that this is not a TNT Tuesday night of NBA action, but looking at the slate, I understand that decision.   March NBA basketball is very fickle and not for the weak of spirit. Teams’ motivations are unclear and […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB DFS
College Basketball NCAA Tournament DFS Picks and Strategy for Tuesday (3/19)
Let the madness begin! Things kick off for the NCAA Tournament Tuesday with the first two play-in games along with the NIT. This makes up a rock-solid 10-game DFS slate with a clear edge thanks to uncertainty surrounding players being out. There have already been some players that have been ruled out tonight for NIT […]
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Walter Waddell
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CBB Bets
Mike Randle’s Full 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket
I am thrilled to announce it is officially “Bracket Time.”  The 2024 NCAA Tournament has officially arrived, and I have completed my research into the multitude of metrics, supplemented with my year-long observations from an endless amount of games, debated with myself, and finally have my official 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket.   All of our […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL Bets
NHL Prop Bets with Chris Meaney (3/19)
We have 13 games on the NHL slate for Tuessday, so there’s plenty of action to be had on the ice. Below you’ll see a list of three of my favorite NHL props, with a couple of bonus NHL prop bets as well. The odds change pretty quickly in the NHL, so take advantage of […]
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Chris Meaney