Boston has many March Madness vets – who went deepest in the tourney?

Many of the Boston Celtics’ current players have had varying degrees of success in NCAA Tournament in their college days — but who has gone how deep in March Madness before they put on the green and white?

With the arrival of March comes the hallmark event of collegiate basketball — the NCAA tournament and its trademark ‘March Madness’ — which is often the first close look many casual basketball fans get at incoming prospects who will soon be drafted into the NBA.

The Boston Celtics have 17 players on their roster, three of whom came to the team from overseas, one who wasn’t in college long enough to make the NCAA Tournament, and 13 who advanced to various stages of the 64-team, single-elimination contest.

Some were happy just to have made it to the big dance, while others made their mark with a deep run. But which current Celtics had a chance to win at all — and who ended up cutting down the net?

The Celtics Wire put together a comprehensive list of exactly that information to get you primed for the biggest event in basketball outside of the NBA, so without further ado, let’s get started.