Bleacher Report

The NCAA tournament is here, and Bleacher Report projects 35 participants to hear their name called during the 2023 NBA draft. That number could rise over the next few weeks. Scouting departments are dispursing across the county to cover different regions. Many will be focused on mid-major prospects who didn't have opportunities during the season to play against quality competition. There are also plenty of prospects in the lottery or first-round range with something to prove, including Duke's Dariq Whitehead and Dereck Lively, Arkansas' Nick Smith Jr. and North Carolina State's Terquavion Smith.