Sweet Sixteen
This is the point of the tourney where things get interesting. And Boston has three players on its roster that have persevered to the third round, better known as the “Sweet Sixteen” in reference to the remaining number of teams still dancing.
One of the trio was LSU’s Tremont Waters in 2019. The Connecticut native and his Tigers got past Yale and a solid Maryland outfit only to fall lto Michigan State 80-63. Waters would score 23 points in the final game of his collegiate career.
Grant Williams made the tournament twice in hs years at Tennessee, in 2018 and 2019. He made it a round further in the latter season, the Vols eventually falling to now-teammate’s Carsen Edwards’ Purdue 99-94 (more on him shortly). Williams would score 21 points and 7 boards in the loss.
Robert Williams III also made the Sweet Sixteen in 2018, with Texas A&M. The hyper-athletic big man advanced to the third round only to be stopped by Michigan in a 99-72 loss in which the Louisiana native recorded 12 points, 6 boards and 3 blocks.