CHICAGO — It hurt Henry Ellenson to watch Ja Morant in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but the Knicks forward wouldn’t mind the Murray State point guard as a future teammate.
With the college basketball season ending Monday night, Ellenson told The Post the 6-foot-3 crafty point guard is worthy of a top-three pick after watching him dominate Marquette.
Morant, a 19-year-old sophomore, destroyed Ellenson’s alma mater, ringing up a celebrated triple-double (17 points, 16 assists, 11 rebounds). Ellenson watched every painful minute of the 83-64 Racers’ upset of the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles and was floored.