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All 38 players that graduated from an Illinois High School in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

College Basketball owns the month of March with tons of conference tournaments that lead into the bigger championship tournament. No tournament is bigger than the NCAA Championship featuring 68 teams. Illinois has 38 former Illinois prep athletes across 25 different teams playing in this year’s tournament. This year’s list includes anyone athlete that played some…

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College Basketball owns the month of March with tons of conference tournaments that lead into the bigger championship tournament. No tournament is bigger than the NCAA Championship featuring 68 teams.

Illinois has 38 former Illinois prep athletes across 25 different teams playing in this year’s tournament.

This year’s list includes anyone athlete that played some of their high school years in Illinois. Not all of the listed names finished their high school careers in Illinois.

Arizona’s Kylan Boswell grew up in Illinois but played in other states for their complete high school careers.

EAST

  • 9 Northwestern vs. #8 FAU
    • Nick Martinelli (Glenbrook South/Northwestern)
      • Played in 32 games (nine starts) while averaging nine points on 50 percent shooting with 4.2 rebounds and one assist.
  • Justin Mullins (Oak Park and River Forest/Northwestern)
    • Played in 17 games.
  • #5 San Diego State vs. #12 UAB
    • Cam Lawin (Orr Academy/San Diego St.)
      • Played in seven games.
  • #4 Auburn vs. #13 Yale
    • John Poulakidas (Nequa Valley/Yale)
      • Played and started in 31 games while averaging 13.1 points on 44.3 percent shooting with 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He also shot 39.3 percent from three-point range on 6.2 attempts.
  • Danny Wolf (Glencoe/Yale)
    • Played 30 games (29 games) while averaging 14.3 points on 48.6 percent shooting with 9.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.4 blocks, and one steal.
  • #6 BYU vs. #11 Duquesne
    • Dusan Mahorcic (Notre Dame-Niles/Duquesne).
      • Played in 25 games (15 started) while averaging 4.7 points on 52.8 percent shooting with 2 rebounds.
  • 3 Illinois vs. #14 Morehead
    • Justin Harmon
      • Played 34 games while averaging 6.1 points with 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists.
  • AJ Redd (St. Ignatius/Illinois)
  • Played in eight games.
  • Ty Rodgers (Thornton/Illinois)
    • Played and started in 34 games while averaging 6.7 points on 54.3 percent shooting with 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
  • Terrance Shannon Jr. (Lincoln Park/Illinois)
    • Played in 28 games (27 starts) while averaging 23 points on 46 percent shooting with 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 blocks, and 0.9 steals.
  • Max Williams (Latin/Illinois)
    • Played in eight games
  • #7 Washington State vs. #10 Drake
    • Joe Yesufu (Bolingbrook/Wash. St.)
      • Played and started in six games while averaging 6.2 points with 2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and a steal.
    • Connor Enright (Mundelein/Drake)
      • Played and started in 32 games while averaging seven points on 45.2 percent shooting with 3.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and a steal.
  • Nate Ferguson (Lemont/Drake)
    • Played in 35 games (1 start) while averaging 3.7 points on 73.8 percent shooting with 2.9 rebounds.
  • Ethan Roberts (Hersey/Drake)

WEST

  • #8 Missippi State vs. #9 Michigan State
    • Jeremy Fears (Joliet West/Mich. St.)
      • Played in 12 games while averaging 3.5 points on 50 percent shooting with 1.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 0.8 steals.
  • Malik Hall (Matea Valley/Mich. St.)
    • Played in 33 games (32 starts) while averaging 12.6 points on 52.3 percent shooting with 5.6 rebounds and 2 assists.
  • #4 Alabama vs. #13 Charleston
    • Max Scharnowski (Wheaton Academy/Alabama)
      • Played in 11 games.
  • #6 Clemson vs. #11 New Mexico State
    • Asa Thomas (Lake Forest/Clemson)
  • #3 Baylor vs. #14 Colgate
    • RayJ Dennis (Oswego East/Baylor)
      • Played and started in 33 games while averaging 13.3 points on 48.1 percent shooting with 3.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, and 1.4 steals.
  • #7 Dayton vs. #10 Nevada
    • Nate Santos (Geneva/Dayton)
      • Played and started in 31 games while averaging 12 points on 47.9 percent shooting with 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists.

SOUTH

  • #8 Nebraska vs. #9 Texas A&M
    • Jeffrey Grace III (York/Nebraska)
      • Played in 15 games.
    • Ahron Ulis (Marian Catholic/Nebraska)
      • Played in 32 games (27 starts) while averaging 6.1 points with 1.6 rebounds and 2.1 asssists.
  • #5 Wisconsin vs. #12 James Madison University
    • Chris Hodges (Schaumburg/Wisconsin)
      • Played in 11 games.
    • AJ Storr (Kankakee/Wisconsin)
      • Played and started in 36 games while averaging 16.8 points with 3.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists.
  • #4 Duke vs. #13 Vermont
    • Jaden Schutt (Yorkville Christian/Duke)
  • #3 Kentucky vs. #14 Oakland
    • Antonio Reeves (Simeon/Kentucky)
      • Played and started in 32 games while averaging 20 points on 50.8 percent shooting with 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 0.7 steals. He also shot 44.1 percent on 5.6 three-point attempts.
  • Chris Conway (Naperville Central/Oakland)
    • Played and started in 33 games while averaging 10.1 points on 54.4 percent shooting with 4.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 0.7 steals.
  • #2 Marquette vs. #15 Western Kentucky
    • RJ Walson (Perpectives/Marquette)
    • Terrion Murdix (Springfield South East/Western Kentucky)

MIDWEST

  • #1 Perdue vs. #16 Grambling State
    • Lance Jones (Evanston/Perdue)
      • Played and started in 33 games while averaging 12.2 points on 41.3 percent shooting with 2.8 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.4 steals.
  • #5 Gonzaga vs. #12 McNeese
    • Braden Huff (Glenbard West/Gonzaga)
      • Played in 32 games while averaging 9.5 points on 61 percent shooting with 3.6 rebounds and 0.7 blocks.

  • Christian Shumate (Bloom/McNeese)
    • Played and started in 34 games while averaging 12.1 points on 56.1 percent shooting with 9.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 0.9 steals.
  • #4 Kansas vs. #13 Samford
    • Justin Cross (Oak Park and River Forest/Kansas)
  • #3 Creighton vs. #14 Akron
    • Sami Osmani (Oak Lawn/Creighton)
    • Darrion Baker (Hillcrest/Akron)
    • Tavari Johnson (Lyons/Akron)
      • Played and started in 31 games (6 starts) while averaging 4.2 points on 46.4 percent shooting with 1.0 rebound and 1.7 assists.
    • Kaleb Thornton (Bolingbrook/Akron)
      • Played and started in 34 games (4 starts) while averaging 3.3 points with 1.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 0.8 steals.

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