8 must-watch NCAA tournament matchups (NC State vs. Creighton!) ahead of the NBA draft

Arkansas vs. Illinois will have potentially seven future NBA players on the floor!

If you want to watch future NBA players in the NCAA tournament, you have to know where to look.

While it is hard to predict what will happen during March Madness, the one thing we do know is that there are countless college basketball players who will make the case for why they deserve to eventually hear their name called in the NBA draft.

We don’t know how the brackets are going to shape up, but we know the matchups for the opening round. With that in mind, here are the games you have to watch if you want to see as many future pros as possible.

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