NBA Draft 2016: Latest Mock Draft with NCAA Tournament Underway

March 18th, 2016 by Chris Roling Leave a reply »

Madness hit the NCAA tournament Thursday, with No. 12 Little Rock upending No. 5 Purdue and No. 12 Yale taking down No. 5 Baylor to greatly skew the potential meetings between NBA draft prospects.

That's right, while most have focused on filling out brackets, it's officially NBA mock draft season, with this time of year shuffling the draft board daily.

Unlike other sports, the collegiate basketball realm can greatly change a prospect's stock based on how he performs under the immense pressure of an ongoing event possibly second only to the Super Bowl in stature.

Here's an updated look at how the draft might unfold now that the tournament is officially underway.

 

2016 NBA Mock Draft



 

Prospects with Most to Gain as Bracket Unfolds 

9. Denver Nuggets SG Jamal Murray, Kentucky



Kentucky freshman Jamal Murray has taken the nation by storm with his shooting-happy ways, but can the young star do it under the pressure of the Big Dance?

He did Thursday against No. 13 Stony Brook, going 7-of-16 from the fiel ...

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