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There were 62 former Arizona high school boys basketball players on the rosters of NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams during the 2016-17 season.

Nine of them are on teams that made the NCAA Tournament.

Will any of these former Arizona standouts be on a team that makes a deep tourney run?

Will any of them be on a team that makes it to Glendale for the Final Four?

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Arizonans on NCAA Tournament teams:

Oregon: Casey Benson, guard, 6-3, 185, junior, Tempe Corona del Sol
Arizona: Talbott Denny, forward, 6-5, 215, senior, Tucson Salpointe Catholic
South Dakota State: A.J. Hess, guard/forward, 6-7, 200, senior, Phoenix Country Day
Marquette: Markus Howard, guard, 5-11, 175, freshman, Gilbert Perry
St. Mary’s: Tommy Kuhse, guard, 6-2, 185, freshman, Mesa Mountain View
Kansas: Mitch Lightfoot, forward, 6-8, 210, freshman, Gilbert Christian
NC Central: Pablo Rivas, forward, 6-6, 210, junior, Laveen Cesar Chavez
St. Mary’s: Elijah Thomas, forward, 6-5, 210, freshman, Peoria Sunrise Mountain
Nevada: Collin Weaver, guard, 6-3, 205, junior, Phoenix North Pointe

Of the nine former Arizona high school players in the NCAA Tournament this season, Howard was the highest-scoring player during the regular season.

He averaged 13.2 points per game.

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Other key contributors from Arizona in the NCAA Tournament include Benson, who averaged 4.9 points per game during the regular season, Hess, who averaged 9.8, and Rivas, who averaged 6.8.

Teams with Arizonans poised to make long tourney runs include Kansas (No. 1 seed in Midwest Region), Arizona (No. 2 in West) and Oregon (No. 3 seed in Midwest).

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To see photos of all 62 former Arizona high school basketball players on Division I college basketball rosters this season, click here.