If you’re an NBA fan who hasn’t watched a minute of college basketball this season, welcome to the party. SI’s annual NCAA tournament scouting guide is back again, highlighting the players and games to watch, whether or not you have a vested interest in a tanking team.
This is actually one of the better years to scout the tournament in recent memory, with the vast majority of top prospects playing on teams that made the field. Using February’s most recent Big Board update, 50 of SI’s top 60 prospects played college basketball this season, and just eight of them were on teams that missed the tournament. Then subtract Shaedon Sharpe, who isn’t actually playing for Kentucky right now, and that’s 41 prospects in action this week. It’s a great time to get caught up before the predraft process gets rolling.
With all that in mind, here’s the latest on a range of top prospects in the tourney, and what you should pay attention to this week and beyond.
