Chicago Bulls: One draft prospect from each Sweet Sixteen team

Auburn Tigers: Bryce Brown

The final team in the field with a clear lack of NBA talent, the Auburn Tigers have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen thanks to a senior core, backed up by a surprising spurt of contribution from role players.

Luckily for NBA draft fans, the Tigers’ biggest star of the tournament is a senior, and thus will be draft-eligible this summer. That player is Bryce Brown.

Brown went off from deep against Kansas in the second round, hitting six threes, and leading his Tigers to an easy win. Brown has made big plays all season in an expanded role from the guard position, showcasing some unforeseen passing ability and facilitating skills, in addition to his previous calling card of shooting.

The Bulls have a lack of scoring off the bench, and taking a chance on Brown, a proven scorer with clear improvements in the passing area, would fit the theme of improving the bench as a whole well. Brown would slot right into the backup point guard spot on the Bulls bench. Brown’s hot shooting stroke proved vital in his team making big runs in both of their NCAA tournament games, and that could be an area in which Brown could excel off the Bulls bench, as a run starter off the bench in the second or third quarter.

Brown isn’t a very highly-touted NBA draft prospect, but if he continues to show consistent improvement as Auburn progresses in the tournament, he could be a late riser and a serious guard option for the Bulls in the second round of the draft.