The FanHouse realizes that not everyone digs March Madness. Some of us enjoy our basketball on a taller, more expensive, professional level. Even so, it's almost impossible to completely ignore the media buzz around the tournament, so we present you with this handy guide to potential 2007/2008 NBA prospects who will be, for a couple of more weeks anyway, playing basketball and filling CBS airtime for free.Also see:
East Regional, Parts One & Two
Midwest Regional, Parts One & Two
West Regional, Parts One & Two
South Regional, Parts One & Two
Likely to one day wear an NBA uniform:
Chris Lofton, 6-2 Junior, Tennessee. He probably isn't coming out this year, but will probably be one of those guys who tests the waters at draft camps and such. He's a deadly shooter, and expanded his game beyond that this year ... still, he's a 6'2" non-point guard. Good luck with that.
Best Guess: This can best be answered next year, but for right now ... Damon Jones?
Joey Dorsey, 6-9 Junior, Memphis. Dorsey belongs in the "Some Other Time" category, but I note him here because it's interesting that no Memphis players are generating any 2007 draft buzz. If they're all back next year, my goodness ... the rest of Conference USA should just quit and join the Southland Conference or something. Next year's 2nd-best C-USA team will be Memphis' JV squad.
Best Guess: Ask again next year.
Derrick Caracter, 6-9 Freshman, Louisville. He's had his eye on the NBA for the longest time, but is nowhere near ready from a maturity standpoint. In that respect, he's barely ready to be a Louisville Cardinals. Much like Memphis though, if everyone who should come back for Louisville does come back ... they'll be disgusting next year.
Best Guess: If he enters the 2007 draft, within two years, he'll be mopping up bathrooms in some NBA arena.
Some Other Time:
Brook Lopez, 6-11 Freshman, Stanford
Mike Conley Jr., 6-1 Freshman, Ohio State
Ramon Sessions, 6-3 Junior, Nevada
Marcelus Kemp, 6-5 Junior, Nevada
Daequan Cook, 6-5 Freshman, Ohio State
Juan Palacios, 6-8 Junior, Louisville
Robin Lopez, 7-0 Freshman, Stanford
David Lighty, 6-5 Freshman, Ohio State (and yes, that's five Ohio State players on this list ... frightening)
Edgar Sosa, 6-1 Freshman, Louisville
Chris Douglas-Roberts, 6-5 Sophomore, Memphis
Sean Singletary, 5'11" Junior, Virginia
Joseph Jones, 6-9 Junior, Texas A&M
Duke Crews, 6-8 Freshman, Tennessee
Terrence Williams, 6-5 Freshman, Louisville
Ramar Smith, 6-2 Freshman, Tennessee
Trent Plaisted, 6-11 Sophomore, BYU
David Padgett, 6-11 Junior, Louisville
There's Always Europe:
Nate Funk, 6-3 Senior, Creighton
Antanas Kavaliauskas, 6-10 Senior, Texas A&M
Jason Cain, 6-10 Senior, Virginia
Justin Doellman, 6-9 Senior, Xavier
Justin Cage, 6-6 Senior, Xavier
Jamar Wilson, 6-1 Senior, Albany
Ibrahim Jaaber, 6-2 Senior, Penn
Javier Mojica, 6-3 Senior, Central Connecticut State
Also see:
East Regional, Parts One & Two
Midwest Regional, Parts One & Two
West Regional, Parts One & Two
South Regional, Parts One & Two




