Flagg is the top pick in Kyle Boone’s mock draft heading into the NCAA Tournament
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March Madness frequently serves as a forum for high-profile NBA talents to showcase themselves on the sport’s biggest stage. But this year might be even better than in year’s past.
Projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg — the anchor for a likely No. 1 seeded Duke team — is the headliner as we barrel into the stretch run of the college basketball season. He’s not alone, though, as seven of the top 10 prospects in the CBS Sports prospect rankings and 11 of the top 14 are on team’s either projected in the field or trending in that direction.
That should make for a dynamic viewing experience this month whether you’re invested in a college team or more curious about the upcoming next wave of NBA stars. So with the NCAA Tournament’s start just two weeks out, our mock projections are freshly updated below to serve as both a temperature check on the current landscape and a viewing guide for some to keep watch on the sport’s most promising talents.
The NBA Draft order will not be set until later this spring, making projections below more in line with my own prospect rankings without consideration of team context for the time being.
