By Dionysis Aravantinos / info@eurohoops.net
March Madness is here! The 64 best NCAA teams and players are ready for the knock out games with the final stop being San Antonio, home of this season’s Final Four.
And with basketball becoming a global game, here are the ten best European players of the event. Remember their name, cause you will meet them again in their near future in the NBA, or back in the old continent since they belong to the top level!
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk – Ukraine
- Team: Kansas Jayhawks
- Position: G
- Stats: 15.3 PPG, 4.1 RPG
- Age: 20
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is one of the best guards in the NCAA, playing for one of the best teams. Scoring 15.3 points per game while also shooting 44.3% from the field and a highly impressive 45.1% from beyond the arc, he currently is the 13th best overall three-pointer shooter in the country.
Behind Devonte’ Graham’s 17.6 points per game, Mykhailiuk is second in scoring on his team. The 20-year old Ukrainian is also averaging 34.2 minutes per game.
Kansas has a 27-7 record and it’s the number one seed in the MidWest region. Mykhailiuk together with Graham and Azubuike want to lead this squad to the final-four under head coach Bill Self.
*Kansas will face Penn in the first round of the bracket.