Let’s dance, shall we?
Wisconsinites and Wisconsin-connected athletes once again populate a number of rosters for teams invited to the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s tournament.
Starters for NCAA Tournament teams
Seth Trimble (Menomonee Falls), North Carolina
The honorable-mention all-conference pick in the Athletic Coast has had a strong senior year, scoring 14.0 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists for a Tar Heels team that finished among the top four in the league. He hit a memorable buzzer-beater earlier this year to beat Duke, and he’ll be needed with star freshman Caleb Wilson lost for the season with an injury.
Milan Momcilovic (Pewaukee), Iowa State
A second-team all-conference pick in the Big 12, the junior has started every game this year for the Cyclones, scoring 16.9 points per game and hitting 49.6% of his 3-pointers to lead the nation (127 of 256 through the regular season). He now owns the ISU single-season record for 3-pointers made in a season.
Amari Allen (Ashwaubenon), Alabama
The all-freshman selection in the Southeastern Conference playing for Wisconsinite head coach Nate Oats leads the team with 7.1 rebounds per game, plus 3.1 assists and 11.7 points as a regular starter for the second half of the season. He has five double-doubles this year.
Amari McCottry (St. Thomas More), St. Louis
Playing for a Billikens team that won the Atlantic 10 regular-season title, he averaged 10.3 points per game and 5.2 rebounds in his sophomore season.
Andrew Rohde (Brookfield Central), Wisconsin
The transfer back to his home state after stops at Virginia and St. Thomas leads the Badgers with 1.3 steals per game and also scores 5.7 points with 2.8 assists per contest as a senior.
Leon Bond III (Wauwatosa East), Northern Iowa
The junior started his career at Virginia but helped his Panthers make a surprise run to the NCAA Tournament, earning a spot on the Missouri Valley Tournament team in the process. The all-defense selection in the MVC scores 12.1 points per game with 4.6 rebounds
Will Hornseth (De Pere), Northern Iowa
The sophomore forward was named to the Missouri Valley’s “Most Improved” team, going from 5.0 points and 2.3 rebounds last year to 11.9 and 4.8 this year. He’s a regular starter for the Panthers.
Max Weisbrod (DeForest), Northern Iowa
The senior guard began his career at Northern Michigan but scores 7.1 points per game in his second season with the Panthers, shooting 41% from 3-point range.
Noah Feddersen (Menomonie), North Dakota State
OK, he’s not a full-time starter, but we’ll make an exception for the player voted Sixth Man of the Year in the Summit League. The junior leads the team in blocks and scores 9.4 points per game.
Jayden Jackson (Whitefish Bay), Cal Baptist
After three seasons at Northern Arizona, he became a graduate transfer for the Western Athletic Conference champion, averaging 9.3 points per game with 3.1 rebounds per contest. His teammate, Dominique Daniels Jr., is the WAC player of the year and one of the highest scorers in the tournament at 23.2 points per game. It’s the final year of the WAC as we know it, which will rebrand next season with the Atlantic Sun as the United Athletic Conference.
Themus Fulks (UW-Milwaukee), Central Florida
The 2024-25 Panther is the UCF point guard and second-leading scorer at 14.1 points per game, landing him a spot on the Big 12 third-team all-conference and the league’s all-newcomer team. Fulks, who had two previous stops before playing for Milwaukee last year, averaged 14.6 points and a Horizon League-leading 5.9 assists last year.
Jamichael Stillwell (UW-Milwaukee), Central Florida
He averages 11.7 points and 8.0 rebounds for UCF, with 33 steals among the best on the team. He was with UW-Milwaukee last year, when he led the league with 10.7 rebounds per game, plus 13.0 points per game.
Other Wisconsin-tied players on rosters
Head coaches with Wisconsin ties
Assistant coaches with Wisconsin ties
Who’d we miss? Let us know at jradcliffe@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin-tied players and coaches in the men’s NCAA Tournament field
Reporting by JR Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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