If you are anything like me, one of the reasons why you love the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is to evaluate players before the NBA draft.
March Madness is an opportunity for prospects to raise their profile and to leave scouts with the best overall impression of their game before declaring for the NBA draft. Considering the power that recency bias tends to have in the evaluation process, it is important to make a good first impression.
There is no better time to make a lasting impact than right away, so once the NCAA selection committee finalized their decisions, scouts around the NBA started circling the games they were most excited to watch.
Based on conversations I’ve had with folks connected to NBA front offices, and factoring in my own intel and research I’ve collected throughout this past college basketball season, these are five of the most noteworthy match-ups to watch from an NBA scouting perspective.