Tanner Groves #35 of the Eastern Washington Eagles (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Tanner Groves is a junior and has one more year left at Eastern Washington, but his performance against 3-seeded Kansas could put him on the Detroit Pistons’ draft radar for the near future.
If the Big Sky MVP chooses to forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility, he should be on second-round draft boards.
Throughout the regular season, he averaged just shy of a double-double, but as a bulky and physical power forward his skillset should transition to the professional level.