Ranking the 15 top NBA draft prospects (Jarace Walker!) who are playing in March Madness

These are the future NBA guys you need to know.

March Madness is back, which means basketball fans are going to get a closer look at the next generation of NBA players.

The top-3 prospects in our latest 2023 NBA Mock Draft are not playing college basketball this season. Victor Wembanyama is an MVP candidate in France’s top-tier league, Scoot Henderson is playing his second professional campaign in the G League and the Thompson twins won a championship in the Overtime Elite.

While the NCAA men’s selection committee was far from perfect, over the course of the next few weeks, we will see several notable prospects play on the biggest stage in college basketball.

If you want to prepare yourself for the draft, below are the prospects you need to familiarize yourself with before the tournament begins.

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