Never Played in the NCAA Tournament
Klay Thompson, Marquese Chriss and Damion Lee didn’t qualify for March Madness. Nevertheless, they did appear in a college postseason tournament.
The trio of Warriors all played in the NIT, with Thompson reaching the semi-finals in 2011. Wichita State eliminated Thompson’s Washington State Cougars.
Chriss and the Washington Huskies were knocked out in round two of the NIT in his freshman year by the San Diego State Aztecs. In two games, the eventual lottery pick averaged 23 points a game in the NIT.
In four seasons at Drexel, Lee made one trip to the NIT and was eliminated in the quarter-finals by UMass. As a graduate transfer at Louisville, Lee and Donovan Mitchell were ineligible for the tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban.