College basketball · The basics
What is college basketball dynasty?
You are not drafting a player, you are running a program — a roster of college players you keep from season to season while the draft, the transfer portal and the eligibility clock reshape it every spring.
Keep-forever fantasy basketball, on college players
In a college basketball dynasty league you hold your players across seasons instead of redrafting every fall. Unlike an NBA dynasty league the pool reinvents itself each year: a college career lasts at most four seasons, the best players leave for the draft, and hundreds more change schools through the transfer portal. Scouting never stops, and the manager who reads roles first wins the trades.
Campus and devy are two different games
Both formats roster college players, but they price them on opposite questions.
How our model values a college player
A campus value is the fantasy points we expect him to score for your team before he leaves college, written as one line:
The next-season line is not a guess we hope holds. Tested on 18,007 pairs of seasons from 2016 to 2024, never on a season it was fitted to, it ordered players better than “last season’s points per game” in 8 of 8 seasons. Under 120 minutes this season, or before a freshman’s first college game, no value prints — the board shows a dash and says why. Devy values stay hidden until that model passes its own test against past drafts; the devy board shows the order in the meantime.
What moves a college value
- The draft: a player who declares and stays in the draft takes his future seasons with him.
- The transfer portal: a backup who moves into a starting job can double his minutes in one move, and a crowded backcourt can empty overnight.
- Eligibility: four seasons of competition inside a five-year window, so a senior carries one season of campus value and a freshman carries four.
- Minutes: a college season is about 33 games, so a role earned in November is most of a season's value.
Where college leagues are played
College leagues run on the fantasy hosts that carry college players. Connect yours from My Leagues and we bring in the rosters, scoring and standings, then keep them in sync from tip-off in November to the last game in April — with every player on your roster carrying the same college file, ratings and value you see here.
Questions
What is college basketball dynasty?
College basketball dynasty is fantasy basketball where you keep your roster from season to season and the players are in college. Because a college career lasts at most four seasons and rosters turn over every spring through the draft and the transfer portal, the game rewards scouting all year rather than one big draft.
What is the difference between a campus league and a devy league?
A campus league scores what a player does in college, so a productive senior is worth a lot this season. A devy league is an NBA dynasty league with extra roster spots for college players, so a freshman's value is his expected NBA career and a senior who will not be drafted is worth almost nothing.
How does Dynatyze value a college player?
Our model adds up the fantasy points we project for every season he has left in college: this season's remaining games, then next season's line, each multiplied by the chance he is still in college that year and discounted 15% for every season it lies ahead. A season he is likely to spend in the NBA counts for little, so a declared player's value falls to the games he has left.
Why does a player show a dash instead of a value?
A value prints only when it can be defended. Under 120 minutes this season, out of his team's last 10 games, a freshman before his first college game, or a player whose eligibility we cannot read all show a dash and say which of those is the reason. A dash is never a zero.
Where are college fantasy basketball leagues played?
College basketball leagues run on the fantasy hosts that carry college players. Connect yours from My Leagues and we bring in its rosters, scoring and standings, and keep them in sync from tip-off in November through the end of the season in April.
Which college stats matter most for fantasy?
Usage and minutes say how big his role is, box plus-minus and offensive rating say how well he plays it, and true shooting, rim rate and free-throw rate say whether his scoring will survive better defenders. Every one is defined in plain words in our college basketball glossary.