8. The Top Prospects Got Exposed
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Probably the four most highly touted NBA draft prospects heading into the tournament — Deandre Ayton of No. 4 Arizona, Trae Young of No. 10 Oklahoma, and Jalen Jackson Jr. and Miles Bridges of No. 3 Michigan State — all bid farewell in the tourney’s opening two rounds. And they looked pretty bad doing it: Big man Ayton was helpless defensively against the small frontline of No. 13 Buffalo; Young got embarrassed twice on the defensive end in the last two minutes of his overtime loss to the No. 10 Rhode Island Rams; and Jackson and Bridges combined for 13 points on 4-of-22 shooting against No. 11 Syracuse’s zone defense.