By: KJ Cardinal
It’s time to dance and this year’s Division I March Madness will feature 11 players with ties to the Granite State.
The most notable are a pair of starters for the two-time defending champion UConn Huskies. Alex Karaban (New Hampton School) and Solo Ball (Brewster Academy) both played prep school basketball in New Hampshire and have guided the Huskies to the No. 8 seed in the West Region. UConn takes on No. 9 Oklahoma in First Round action on Friday night at 9:25 pm.
The only player in the D-I big dance that played NHIAA ball is Michigan State’s Kur Teng. The 6’4 freshman hails from Manchester, N.H. and played at Manchester West before moving on to play prep school ball at Bradford Christian Academy in Haverhill, Mass. Teng has seen limited action for Tom Izzo’s squad, but came in as a top-40 recruit. The Spartans garnered the No. 2 seed in the South Region and will take on No. 15 Bryant on Friday at 10:00 pm.
The other eight players all played at Brewster. Check out where they currently play, who they match up with in the first round and other notes on them…
Kadary Richmond, St. John’s
• No. 2 St. John’s vs. No. 15 Nebraska
JP Estrella, Tennessee
• No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Wofford
• Scarborough, Maine native
• Currently injured
Nojus Indrusaitis, Iowa State
• No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 Lipscomb
Daniel Jacobsen, Purdue
• No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 High Point
• Currently injured
Carey Booth, Illinois
• No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Texas/Xavier
Eli Crawford, BYU
• No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 VCU
Austin Patterson, Montana
• No. 14 Montana vs. No. 3 Wisconsin
Javohn Garcia, McNeese State
• No. 12 McNeese State vs. No. 6 Clemson