We at The-BALL — The Basketball Alumni Legends League — have an extra level of anticipation for March Madness this year. We can’t wait to bring some of the top talent that will captivate the nation during the 2013 NCAA Tournament into our league this summer. (Learn more about our summer showcase here!)
Now that NCAA tourney time is here, we’re sharing The-BALL’s Senior Watch tribute list of outstanding upperclassmen in the field. These are “program guys” who have spent four years growing in a system and developing a body of work. This is their last go-around in college basketball. It’s their last chance to leave their mark and enhance their legacies. It’s also our last chance to see many of them in the college game.
We’re scouting these standouts so they can continue their hoops careers in our summertime professional league before heading overseas, to the D-League or even the NBA.
THE-BALL’S SENIOR WATCH LISTS
Top 25 seniors in the Big Dance
(Only 7 projected as NBA Draft picks by DraftExpress)
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LIU-Brooklyn senior C.J. Garner
Kenny Boynton, G, Florida
- Ian Clark, G, Belmont
- Rotnei Clarke, G, Butler
- Will Clyburn, G, Iowa State
- Jack Cooley, PF, Notre Dame
- Seth Curry, G, Duke
- Ramon Galloway, G, La Salle
- C.J. Garner, G, LIU-Brooklyn
- Elias Harris, F, Gonzaga
- **Richard Howell, PF, NC State
- Lamont Jones, G, Iona
- **Ryan Kelly, PF, Duke
- Rodney McGruder, G, Kansas State
Syracuse senior Brandon Triche
- **Mike Muscala, C, Bucknell
- **Brandon Paul, G, Illinois
- *Mason Plumlee, C, Duke
- Travis Releford, G, Kansas
- Durand Scott, G, Miami
- Peyton Siva, G, Louisville
- Brandon Triche, G, Syracuse
- Christian Watford, F, Indiana
- *Jeff Withey, C, Kansas
- **Nate Wolters, G, South Dakota State
- Tray Woodall, G, Pittsburgh
- Khalif Wyatt, G, Temple
* Projected for 1st round of NBA Draft ** Projected for 2nd round of NBA Draft
Top 102 seniors in the NCAA Tournament
- AKRON: #44 Zeke Marshall
- ALBANY: #10 Mike Black and #0 Jacob Iati
- ARIZONA: #2 Mark Lyons and #44 Solomon Hill
- BELMONT: #21 Ian Clark, #3 Kerron Johnson, #30 Trevor Noack
- BUCKNELL: #31 Mike Muscala, #15 Joe Willman, #12 Bryson Johnson
- BUTLER: #15 Rotnei Clarke and #44 Andrew Smith
- CINCINNATI: #1 Cashmere Wright and #44 JaQuon Parker
- COLORADO STATE: #45 Colton Iverson and #22 Dorian Green
- CREIGHTON: #00 Greg Echenique and #10 Grant Gibbs
- DAVIDSON: #15 Jake Cohen, #5 J.P. Kuhlman, #12 Nik Cochran
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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and senior Seth Curry
DUKE: #5 Mason Plumlee, #30 Seth Curry, and #34 Ryan Kelly
- FLORIDA: #1 Kenny Boynton, #33 Erik Murphy, and #3 Mike Rosario
- FLORIDA GULF COAST: #25 Sherwood Brown
- GONZAGA: #20 Elias Harris
- ILLINOIS: #3 Brandon Paul and #1 D.J. Richardson
- INDIANA: #2 Christian Watford and #1 Jordan Hulls
- IONA: #2 Lamont Jones
- IOWASTATE: #21 Will Clyburn and #25 Tyrus McGee
- JAMES MADISON: #33 Rayshawn Goins, #40 Devon Moore, #0 A.J. Davis
- KANSAS: #5 Jeff Withey, #24 Travis Releford, #15 Elijah Johnson
- KANSAS STATE: #22 Rodney McGruder
- LIU-BROOKLYN: #3 C.J. Garner and #1 Jamal Olasewere
- LA SALLE: #55 Ramon Galloway
- *LIBERTY: #22 Tavares Speaks
- LOUISVILLE: #3 Peyton Siva
- MARQUETTE: #5 Junior Cadougan
- MIAMI: #1 Durand Scott and #35 Kenny Kadji
- MICHIGAN STATE: #25 Derrick Nix
- *MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: #14 Marcos Knight
- MINNESOTA: #33 Rodney Williams and #32 Trevor Mbakwe
- MISSOURI: #21 Laurence Bowers, #5 Keion Bell, and #42 Alex Oriakhi
- MONTANA: #5 Will Cherry
- NC STATE: #1 Richard Howell and #15 Scott Wood
- NEW MEXICO STATE: #10 Bandja Sy
- NORTH CAROLINA A&T: #1 Adrian Powell
- NORTHWESTERN STATE: #3 Shamir Davis and #33 James Hulbin
- NOTRE DAME: #45 Jack Cooley and #14 Scott Martin
- OKLAHOMA: #24 Romero Osby and #2 Steven Pledger
- OLE MISS: #31 Murphy Holloway
- OREGON: #25 E.J. Singler and #33 Carlos Emory
- PACIFIC: #11 Lorenzo McCloud and #24 Travis Fulton
- PITTSBURGH: #1 Tray Woodall
- SAINT LOUIS: #3 Kwamain Mitchell and #24 Cody Ellis
- SAINT MARY’S: #4 Matthew Dellavedova
- SAN DIEGO STATE: #22 Chase Tapley
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE: #3 Nate Wolters
- SOUTHERN: #2 Derick Beltran
- SYRACUSE: #20 Brandon Triche and #43 James Southerland
- TEMPLE: #1 Khalif Wyatt, #22 Jake O’Brien, #33 Scootie Randall, #32 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson
- UCLA: #10 Larry Drew II
- UNC: #1 Dexter Strickland
- UNLV: #3 Anthony Marshall
- VCU: #10 Darius Theus and #30 Troy Daniels
- VALPARAISO: #45 Ryan Broekhoff and #55 Kevin Van Wijk
- VILLANOVA: #13 Mouphtaou Yarou
- WESTERN KENTUCKY: #14 Jamal Crook
- WICHITA STATE: #22 Carl Hall and #2 Malcolm Armstead
- WISCONSIN: #40 Jared Berggren and #5 Ryan Evans
* Lost in First Four play-in game