NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 25: Markquis Nowell #1 of the Kansas State Wildcats reacts against the Florida Atlantic Owls during the first half in the Elite Eight round game of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 25, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Florida
March Madness
These three first-round NBA Draft prospects have all impressed during March Madness and may be moving up draft boards as a result. Yesterday, we took a look at a few NBA Draft prospects who may have cost themselves with poor showings in the first two rounds of the tournament. Today, we’re looking at a trio
These three highly touted NBA Draft prospects all no-showed March Madness and may have badly damaged their draft stock along the way. March Madness has a way of inflating the NBA draft stock of certain prospects, but things can work the other way as well. These three wing scorers all had excellent opportunities to move
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. The NCAA Tournament shouldn’t factor into evaluations of draft prospects more than what each player has done across the rest of their season. But we all know the bright
The 2022 NCAA Tournament will be a great introduction to what could be a deep crop of future superstars in the NBA Draft. The 2022 NCAA Tournament is loaded with deep, talented rosters and there are more than a few players here who will likely be playing in the NBA next season. From explosive guards
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James reacted to Gonzaga’s buzzer-beating, overtime win against UCLA to advance to the National Championship Game. Ladies and gentlemen, we may have just witnessed the greatest college basketball game of all time, and it is not hyperbole. On Saturday, the No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs fought tooth and nail against the
With Cassius Winston’s Michigan State Spartans falling to the UCLA Bruins, he had to wear UCLA gear to satisfy the bet he made with Washington Wizards teammate Russell Westbrook. The Michigan State Spartans narrowly lost to the UCLA Bruins on Friday night, 86-80. All it means for a pair of Washington Wizards guards is that
Oklahoma State basketball star Cade Cunningham projects as the No. 1 overall pick in 2021. As March Madness rolls along, we already know who will end up being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft: Oklahoma State basketball superstar guard Cade Cunningham. Cunningham was a consensus First-Team All-American in his freshman season out
All eyes will be on the 2021 NCAA Tournament, including those of scouts with thoughts of the NBA Draft. Which prospects can give their stock a huge boost in March Madness? One of the biggest mistakes that NBA Draft scouts and talent evaluators can make when it comes to prospects is overreacting to the NCAA
The Final Four is the biggest stage in college basketball. Who is ready to use that platform and announce themselves as a top NBA Draft prospect. This NCAA Tournament has been mostly chalk but many of the big name prospects have already been eliminated. With the Final Four coming in this weekend, which players are
The fast-paced basketball takeover that is the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament is behind us. After four consecutive days of 12-hour basketball, we get a few days of a break before the Sweet 16 kicks off on Thursday. Through the first four days, we saw players either help or hurt their draft stock for
Here are all of the NBA Draft prospects to watch in the South region of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Tournament’s South Region is probably the lightest in terms of big name prospects for the 2019 NBA Draft. The region is not without quality teams, but there are few players who will be in consideration
The midwest region in the 2019 NCAA Tournament features two Blue Bloods with several first-round NBA Draft prospects each. Get excited for March Madness. Not only will we see great basketball for about a month straight, we also get to see big-time NBA Draft prospects compete against a higher level of competition. In particular, the
The NCAA Tournament is a great chance to get introduced to some of the NBA Draft prospects you haven’t heard about. These are the first round games to watch College basketball is storming to the top of all things sports now that March Madness is upon us. While talking head after talking head tries to
In this week’s 2019 NBA Mock Draft, we break down the conference tournaments and preview how March Madness might affect the draft. As always, projected standings are based upon FiveThirtyEight’s CARM-Elo rankings. This version of the mock uses projections as of March 18, with the Knicks firmly in place as the worst team in the
Here are all of the 2019 NBA Draft prospects to watch in the West region of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Tournament’s West Region gives you a lot of bang for your 2019 NBA Draft buck. It features the two teams with the most prospects outside of Duke in Gonzaga and Michigan; it has a
The East region figures to be one of the more fun corners of the NCAA Tournament bracket, with several powerhouse NBA Draft prospects. Viewers in South Carolina, California, Jacksonville and Des Moines will be in for a treat this weekend watching the East region of the NCAA Tournament, featuring Duke as well as the country’s
It’s that time of year again, the NCAA tournament has arrived. For basketball fans, March and the NCAA tournament represents a three-week stretch of constant entertainment in a win-or-go-home format. High-major, blue-blood programs are pitted against each other, and those mid-major beasts looking to prove their worth set out to pull off the elusive “Cinderella