Future N.B.A. Stars in March Madness

“I think college basketball, the actual product, is as fun as it’s ever been. Scoring is at an all-time high, tempo is at an all-time high. If you love offense, it’s a good place to be right now. And then I think the fact that the biggest brands are as good as they’ve ever been, yeah. Talking about Florida has a chance to go back-to-back. They’ve done that about 20 years ago. They have a chance to do it again. UConn has a chance to win three out of four. And then you’ve got other top teams: Arizona hasn’t won it in decades. Duke — you have all these elite brands that are right at the top. They’re surging. Should make for a really fun tournament.” “Who are the big-name players we should be watching for that are potential future N.B.A. stars?” “You’ve got AJ Dybantsa out at B.Y.U. He looks like he could be the next Jayson Tatum, basically. You’ve got Darryn Peterson, when he plays at Kansas, has been tremendous. Cameron Boozer at Duke. Darryn Peterson, when he plays, he’s drawn comparisons to Donovan Mitchell to Kobe Bryant. I mean, he’s a really, really special talent. He has missed nine games for cramping, hamstring issues. He had an ankle issue. I think the reality is, you talk to people around the sport, there is something physical there. This is not a situation where the guy is just holding himself out so that he’s protecting his draft stock. The fact that he is continuing to try to play proves that there is something there. But it is incredibly strange. And for Kansas, this is a team that can win the national championship with him. Without him, it’s a team that can flame out in the first round. So when you’re filling out your brackets, it’s a team I have no idea what to do with. You can have them go all the way. You can have them flame out early. It’s one of one, truly.”