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MLB Fantasy
Best Fantasy Baseball Team Names for 2024
Drafting players, setting lineups, working the waiver wire … it’s all hard. But the hardest part of the fantasy baseball season might be the first part: Your team name.   You want to be interesting. You don’t want to be too esoteric. You don’t want to have the default (my brother-in-law’s team name has been […]
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Daniel Kelley
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CBB Bets
NCAAB Big South Conference Tournament Preview
The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are entering conference tournament season. Teams compete for a conference championship in a single-elimination tournament to realize their dreams and earn a coveted automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Below is my preview for the Big South Tournament.  (All odds from DraftKings Sportsbook.)   2024 Big […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
NCAAB Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Preview
After an incredible regular season, college basketball is on the precipice of the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is just under two weeks away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs. First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament season! […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
Best College Basketball Bets Today (Tuesday 3/5)
The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country and below is my favorite bet of the Tuesday slate.    Purdue vs. Illinois (Illinois -2, DraftKings Sportsbook) Purdue enters Champaigne on a Super Tuesday in March to […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 5
The puck drops for Tuesday’s nine-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 Bets
NCAAB Horizon League Conference Tournament Preview
The 2023-24 College Basketball season is winding down, and we now enter conference tournament season. Teams compete for a conference championship in a single-elimination tournament to realize their dreams and earn a coveted automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Below is my preview for the Horizon League Tournament. Let’s have some fun.   All odds […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/4)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! The NBA season rolls onward with a six-game slate tonight. We have two matchups between teams poised to make deep postseason runs, two matchups between interesting members of the league’s middle class, and to be perfectly honest, two games that are kind of a mess. It’s a mostly appetizing spread […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Monday (3/4)
Conference tournaments begin today, and the first round of the Atlantic Sun tourney kicks things off. In typical Monday fashion, we have a small slate consisting of just two games, but it’s featuring four teams that have plenty of valuable assets for DFS purposes. I will highlight the top options in each matchup while also […]
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Walter Waddell
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 5
It’s another good night of NBA action on Monday. We have six games, and a couple stand out as far as the total. We have two contests that are over 238, while the other four games are under 228, so there is a sharp contrast this evening. There is also a difference between DraftKings and […]
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Adam Strangis
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 4
There are six games on the NHL DFS main slate Monday with puck drop set for 7 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, Griffin […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
2024 NFL Combine Risers and Fallers
The NFL Combine is now complete for the skill position players, and it’s time to digest what we saw. It was an impressive weekend filled with many star performances, including a record-setting 40-yard dash from Xavier Worthy, but it also contained some disappointing performances as well. Let’a take a look at a few risers and […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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CBB Bets
NCAAB Sun Belt Conference Tournament Preview
After an incredible regular season, college basketball is entering the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is just over two weeks away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs. First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament season!   The Sun […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/4)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops, and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes and other nuggets. We’ve got you covered!   AL East Baltimore Orioles: Colton Cowser (OF), […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL Fantasy
NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Rankings (3/3)
Welcome to the Week 22 Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire article here at FTN Fantasy. Below you’ll see some of the best waiver wire pickups, players to stash, players to buy low and sell high, which players to drop and who to stream. I’ll also highlight some of the injuries, what it means for you and […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Biggest Best Ball Fallers from 2023 to 2024
We’re going to break down the players who have seen the biggest fall in Average Draft Position (ADP) in Underdog Fantasy best ball drafts from 2023 to early 2024 drafts. (Use promo code FTN to register on Underdog for a 100% deposit match up to $100.)   Check out our other piece on the biggest early ADP […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 3
There are four games on the NHL DFS main slate Sunday with puck drop set for 7 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, Griffin […]
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Chris Meaney
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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Sunday (3/3)
After the long grind of Saturday and the million games it brings along, we have a seven-game, all-day slate today. In this breakdown, I will highlight the top options for each game while also providing you with a core to build around in all formats. Let’s get into it.   Vegas Odds Team Odds Team […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
4 Easy Best Ball Stacks To Pull Off in 2024
Today we’re looking at FTN’s Underdog ADP tool and using data from early 2024 drafts to identify five easy QB-WR stacks you can make based on where the players are being drafted.   If you’re looking to play Underdog Fantasy best ball drafts for the first time, use promo code FTN to register on Underdog for a […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL DVOA
Isaac Guerendo Tops 2024 RB Speed Scores
The very top of the Speed Score leaderboards is some rarified air. Since electronic timing started at the combine in 1999, only 11 running backs have hit 120 or higher; a number usually reserved more for track stars than NFL stars. We hadn’t had anyone join the club since Jonathan Taylor ran a 4.39 back […]
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Bryan Knowles
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CBB Bets
Best College Basketball Bets Today (Saturday 3/2)
The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country, and below is my favorite bet of the Saturday slate.   Tennessee vs. Alabama (Tennessee +4, DraftKings Sportsbook) Huge battle atop the SEC as Tennessee travels to Tuscaloosa […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 2
There are eight games on the NHL DFS main slate Saturday, with puck drop set for 7 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, Griffin […]
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Chris Meaney
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 2
Saturday night’s three-game NBA DFS slate could be a challenge because there is plenty of star power to choose from, but we might wind up being value-starved. If we don’t get enough value, some of the most appealing stars on the slate might be more difficult to fit but we’ll have to see how the […]
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Adam Strangis
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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Saturday (3/2)
The weekend is here, and we have three amazing college basketball DFS slates consisting of 12, 12 and 11 games. This breakdown will focus on the first (main) slate but there will be coverage of all of the games in the FTN CBB DFS Discord. I will be highlighting the top options for each matchup […]
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Walter Waddell
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CBB DFS
College basketball DFS picks and strategy for Friday (3/1)
Selection Sunday is just under three weeks away, and the college basketball regular season is wrapping up, which means conference tournament DFS slates are headed our way. This is a big weekend as teams fight for position on the seed line as well as the tourney bubble. Before the huge weekend of games, we have […]
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Walter Waddell
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/1)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We’ve got about 24 games per team left in the season, and the competition is heating up as teams fight to finish the season as best they can. Three teams are within 1.5 games of the top seed in the Western Conference, while the Bucks and Cavaliers duke it out […]
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FTN Staff
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Other Bets
North Carolina Sports Betting
Is Sports Betting Legal in North Carolina? March 11, 2024, is the date targeted for sports betting online in the state of North Carolina. Multiple sportsbooks are lined up to get a license. North Carolina sports bettors have multiple options.    When can I bet in NC? You can now bet online in the state […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 1
Friday brings a different spin on the seven-game NBA DFS slate, because DraftKings has elected to run their contests without late swap for the first time. The logic of that move is … shaky, seeing as how we still don’t have the later games on the slate, but that’s the hand we’ve been dealt.    […]
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Adam Strangis
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Starting Pitchers
This is the sixth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
5 Teams Set to Decline in Fantasy in 2024
A year ago at this time, I attempted to name the five teams most likely to decline in overall fantasy performance in 2023. I went 3-for-5, hitting on the Jaguars, Giants and Eagles but missing on the Lions and Dolphins.   Pop quiz: What was the most important part of the preceding paragraph? Answer: The […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 1
The puck drops for Friday’s three-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
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Thursday (2/29)
Thursday hoops are dominated by Pac-12 teams, and that tends to lead to a wild amount of variance in college basketball DFS. However, our community is cruising right along, and I’m extremely confident in our overall process as we close out February. In this breakdown, I will highlight the top options for each game while […]
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Walter Waddell
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (2/29)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! It’s a TNT Thursday, and in a pleasant surprise we have eight games of NBA action instead of the 3-4 games we usually get on Thursdays. It’s almost March, which means we have a few games featuring teams not trying to win, but there are a few great matchups for […]
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FTN Staff