{"id":127811,"date":"2025-03-13T04:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=127811"},"modified":"2025-03-13T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:18:09","slug":"under-the-radar-cbb-players-miss-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/13\/under-the-radar-cbb-players-miss-march-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Under-The-Radar CBB Players Who\u2019ll Miss March Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just days remaining until March Madness begins, CBB experts already have a solid idea<\/a> of who\u2019ll make the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That being said, the players who\u2019ll go dancing don\u2019t just get a chance to win an NCAA Championship. Many will also gain exposure that they may not have previously had, which could help them achieve their dream of reaching the NBA.<\/p>\n

5 Under-The-Radar CBB Players Who\u2019ll Miss March Madness<\/h2>\n

Among the players whose teams are projected to make the cut, here are five potential NBA prospects to keep your eye on.<\/p>\n

Andrej Stojakovic, Cal<\/h3>\n

Cal sophomore Andrej Stojakovic\u2019s pedigree hasn\u2019t been kept secret. He\u2019s the son of former NBA forward Peja Stojakovic<\/a>, a three-time All-Star selection. He doesn\u2019t seem to have his dad\u2019s touch from long-distance. Nevertheless, he\u2019s a creative bucket-getter<\/a> with great scoring instincts.<\/p>\n

In 2024-24, he\u2019s averaged a career-high 17.9 points per game.<\/p>\n

Maxime Raynaud, Stanford<\/h3>\n

Stanford senior Maxime Raynaud is exceptional athlete at 7-foot-1. Capable of scoring off the bounce, out of the pick and roll, out of the post and from beyond the arc, he\u2019s a dynamic offensive weapon,<\/a> especially with passing ability. Though not the most fearsome rim protector, he does a good job controlling the paint.<\/p>\n

Raynaud has averaged 20.2 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in 2024-25.<\/p>\n

Terrence Brown Jr., Fairleigh Dickerson<\/h3>\n

Fairleigh Dickerson sophomore Terrence Brown Jr. knows how to find his way to the rim<\/a>. Shifty, athletic, and unpredictable, the 6-foot-3 guard leads his conference in free-throw conversions (151) this season. He has an inconsistent jumper, but still scored 20.6 points per game in 2024-25, the eighth-best average in the NCAA. At the defensive end, he has a knack for coming away with steals.<\/p>\n

Treysen Eaglestaff, North Dakota<\/h3>\n

North Dakota junior Treysen Eaglestaff is testing the NBA Draft waters<\/a> this summer, per ESPN\u2019s Jonathan Givony. He\u2019s also entering the transfer portal. Interested teams, be they professional or collegiate, would certainly be focused on his offensive. The 6-foot-6 wing is an efficient three-level scorer with deceptive athleticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He isn\u2019t a bad passer either, though his assist average (2.4) pales in comparison to his scoring average (18.9).<\/p>\n

TY Johnson, UC Davis<\/h3>\n

UC Davis senior TY Johnson knows how to play the right way.<\/p>\n

However, he\u2019s seemingly been overburdened offensively after his team lost Elijah Pepper last summer. That\u2019s worth noting because he\u2019s scoring a career-high 21.2 points per game but shooting a career-low 38.7 percent from the field in 2024-25. To that point, he averaged 17.8 points per game on 44.3 percent shooting from the field in 2023-24. In any case, the crafty 6-foot-3 guard knows how to put the ball in the hoop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the other end, he\u2019s a heads-up defender who moves his feet and positions his body well. This has helped him average least 1.8 steals per game in each of the past three seasons. In 2024-25, he averaged a career-high 2.3 steals per game.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Grace Hollars\/IndyStar \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With just days remaining until March Madness begins, CBB experts already have a solid idea of who\u2019ll make the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That being said, the players who\u2019ll go dancing don\u2019t just get a chance to win an NCAA Championship. Many will also gain exposure that they may not have previously had, which could help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":128402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[556,1608,62],"tags":[98,1887],"class_list":["post-127811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba-draft","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-peja-stojakovic"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128404,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127811\/revisions\/128404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}