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?

Never played in the NCAAs

A number of Celtics players have never played in the NCAAs in the first place, so they couldn’t have made much of a mark in a college tournament they’d never have been able to qualify for in the first place.

Both Boston overseas big big men on the regular roster Daniel Theis and Vincent Poirier instead played professionally in Europe before coming to the U.S., the Celtics being the first pro team in North America either signed a regular-season deal with.

Celtics center Daniel Theis never played in the NCAAs, nor did frontcourt teammates Vincent Poirier nor Enes Kanter (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports).

Center Enes Kanter was recruited by a number of U.S. schools and ultimately chose to sign with the University of Kentucky.

But, because of the NCAA’s stringent rules on amateurism, Kanter was forced to forgo a career at the college level due to his association with Fenerbahce, a Turkish professional team, when younger.

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