Baltimore players in the 2014 NCAA tournament
Fourteen men’s basketball players from the Baltimore area will be participating in the NCAA tournament.
- Daniel Ochefu’s second-seeded Villanova team will battle 15th-seeded UW-Milwaukee on Thursday in Buffalo. Ochefu, a sophomore forward, is a Baltimore native who graduated from Downingtown East High in Pa. (Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports)
- Senior forward C.J. Fair leads third-seeded Syracuse against No. 14 Western Michigan on Thursday in Buffalo. Fair, a Baltimore native who played at City before graduating from Brewster (N.H.) Academy, was a first-team All-ACC selection. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
- Freshman guard Kam Williams’ sixth-seeded Ohio State team will play 11th-seeded Dayton on Thursday in Buffalo. Williams, a Mount St. Joseph graduate, is redshirting this season. (Ohio State University athletic department photo)
- Jamel Artis’ Pittsburgh Panthers, a No. 9 seed, face eighth-seeded Colorado on Thursday in Orlando. Artis, a Baltimore native who graduated high school from Vermont Academy, is a freshman forward for the Panthers. (Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports)
- Durand Johnson’s Pittsburgh Panthers, a No. 9 seed, face eighth-seeded Colorado on Thursday in Orlando. Johnson, a Lake Clifton graduate and redshirt sophomore forward, is out for the season with a torn ACL and meniscus injury. (Ellen Ozier/USA TODAY Sports)
- Aron Nwankwo (left) is a redshirt junior walk-on forward from City. His Pittsburgh Panthers, a No. 9 seed, face eighth-seeded Colorado on Thursday in Orlando. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
- Isaiah Armwood’s ninth-seeded George Washington squad takes on eighth-seeded Memphis on Friday in Raleigh, N.C. Armwood, a senior forward, is a Baltimore native and Montrose Christian graduate. (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)
- Isaiah Miles’ 10th-seeded Saint Joseph’s squad faces seventh-seeded UConn on Thursday in Buffalo. Miles, a sophomore forward, is a Milford Mill graduate. (Chuck Myers/MCT)
- Antonio Barton, a senior point guard and Lake Clifton graduate, will lead 11th-seeded Tennessee against 11th-seeded Iowa on Wednesday in a play-in game in Dayton, Ohio. The winner will play sixth-seeded UMass in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
- Isaiah Philmore’s 12th-seeded Xavier squad faces 12th-seeded N.C. State on Tuesday in a play-in game in Dayton, Ohio. The winner plays fifth-seeded St. Louis on Thursday in Orlando. Philmore is a senior forward for the Musketeers and a John Carroll graduate. (Jim O’Connor-USA TODAY Sports)
- Davon Usher, a senior wing and first-team All-CAA selection, leads 13th-seeded Delaware against fourth-seeded Michigan State on Thursday in Spokane, Wash. Usher, a Digital Harbor grad, is in his first and only season with the Blue Hens after transferring from Mississippi Valley State. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
- Devon Saddler, a senior guard and first-team All-CAA selection, leads 13th-seeded Delaware against fourth-seeded Michigan State on Thursday in Spokane. Saddler, an Aberdeen grad, is Delaware’s all-time leading scorer. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
- Sophomore guard Dante Holmes’ 14th-seeded North Carolina Central squad takes on third-seeded Iowa State on Friday in San Antonio. Holmes, a St. Frances graduate, transferred to NCCU from Florida Gulf Coast. (Mitch Stringer/USA TODAY Sports)
- Charlie Jones’ 15th-seeded American squad will take on second-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in Milwaukee. Jones (pictured right shooting) is a freshman guard and Mount St. Joseph grad. (Bob DeChiara/USA TODAY Sports)