The NCAA and NIT tournaments are well-underway and a lot of the big name NBA Draft prospects have been eliminated. The ones that are left are being talked about again and again so much-- the draft will seem like a mere formality, like it did last season with UConn stars Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor.

Everyone is already aware of Salim Stoudamire (Arizona), J.J. Redick (Duke), Sean May (North Carolina), Andrew Bogut (Utah), Luther Head (Illinois) and Francisco Garcia (Louisville). If you?re not, wait until the draft and you will.

Have you heard of Ronald Russ (Texas Tech), Kevin Pittsnogle (West Virginia), Pat Carroll (St. Joseph?s), Dwayne Jones (St. Joseph?s), Jeff Green (Georgetown) Joah Tucker (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) or Ed McCants (Wisconsin-Milwaukee)? Not all of these players will be drafted, some might make a good-living in Europe. The one thing they all have in common is they all had excellent seasons and made a profound impact--up to this point--in tournament play.