Who’s dancing? A list of local players headed to the NCAA Tournament
Marquette guard Kam Jones drives up court in the second half of a first-round college basketball game against Western Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament on March 22, 2024, in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP)
Just because Memphis coach Penny Hardaway isn’t taking a roster full of homegrown players to the NCAA Tournament this year doesn’t mean the local talent fell off.
This season, there are 16 players headed to the Big Dance with some sort of local high school or prep school ties.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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