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Ranking The Top Five 2018 NBA Draft Prospects From The Big Ten

The college basketball season officially came to an end Monday night as Villanova topped Michigan in the national title game, 79-62, pushing the Big Ten's title drought to 18 seasons.

Despite not winning a national championship since 2000, the Big Ten conference has sent plenty of premier players to the NBA draft over the years, and 2018 will be no different. A number of players from the conference appear poised to make a splash at the next level, as most of the top underclassmen have already declared themselves eligible to be selected in the June 21 draft.

Now that the season has concluded, we take a look at the top five draft prospects from the Big Ten, starting with a freshman from Michigan State who declared for the draft Monday morning.