Boston Celtics fans aren’t just Celtics fans — we have countless collegiate allegiances at the NCAA level, just like its roster does.
While there are a few overlaps among Boston’s players — forwards Jayson Tatum and Semi Ojeleye both spent time with the Duke Blue Devils, for example — for the most part, the roster is made up of players from a wide background of colleges, at least among those not coming from overseas.
And with the coronavirus epidemic throwing a wrench in not only the 2019-20 NBA season, but the 2020 NCAA Tournament, we decided to take a look back at how some of our current Celtics fared in past iterations of the so-called Big Dance, complete with highlights from the games themselves.
We’ll get started with a win for Grant Williams’ Tennessee in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, in which the Houston native logged 14 points and 9 rebounds in a 73-47 shellacking of Wright State on March 15th two years ago.
While Williams’ Volunteers would only get another game deep in that year’s tourney, they’d gain a lot of valuable experience for the following year, where a familiar face would appear in the Charlotte native’s path.
