A list of Missouri high school alums in this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

This year's NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament features 19 teams with Missouri players

Drake's Bennett Stirtz (14) drives down the court on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Knapp Center. Stirtz played high school basketball at Liberty High School. / Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

March Madness is here and the field of 68 teams in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was unveiled. Many people will be filling out brackets and doing extensive research to determine which school will win it all.

Drake has six players, including three that followed Coach Ben McCollum from Division II Northwest Missouri State to Des Moines this season. Tennessee and Iowa State each have three Missourians.

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Here is a list of NCAA Men's Tournament players who originally went to high school in Missouri:

Alabama

Labaron Philon, Link Academy 

Mar 14, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Arizona Wildcats guard Caleb Love (1) dunks during the second half against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images / William Purnell-Imagn Images

Arizona

Caleb Love, CBC 

Arkansas

Trevon Brazile, Springfield Kickapoo

Lawson Blake, Link Year Prep 

Colorado State 

Kyan Evans, Staley 

Creighton 

Ryan Kalkbrener, Trinity Catholic 

Drake 

Cam Manyawua, Staley 

Isaiah Jackson, Independence William Chrisman

Kael Combs, Nixa 

Bennett Stirtz, Liberty

Isaia Howard, Plattsburg 

Daniel Abreu, Willard 

Iowa State 

Keshon Gilbert, Vashon

Kayden Fish, Staley

Conrad Hawley, Ray-Pec

Kansas

Dajuan Harris Jr., Columbia Rock Bridge

Liberty 

Kai Yu, Link Year Prep 

Lipscomb 

Miles White, Rockhurst

Missouri

T.O. Barrett, Link Academy

Mar 13, 2025; Charlotte, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels guard Elliot Cadeau (3) brings the ball up court against Wake Forest Demon Deacons guard Ty-Laur Johnson (8) during the first half at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images / Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images

North Carolina 

James Brown, Link Academy 

Elliot Cadeau, Link Academy

Oklahoma

Jacolb-Fredson-Cole, Link Academy 

Luke Northweather, Blair Oaks

Omaha 

Tony Osborn, Mound City 

SIU-Edwardsville

Raynard Horry, Fort Zumwalt West 

Brian Taylor II, De Smet

Tennessee

Cade Phillips, Link Academy 

Felix Okpara, Link Academy 

Ben Linnemeyer, Columbia Rock Bridge/Link Academy 

UConn

Tarris Reed Jr., Chaminade College Prep/Link Academy 

VCU

Phillip Russell, Vashon 

Xavier 

Cam Fletcher, Vashon 

Xavier Musketeers forward Cam Fletcher (11) puts up a shot under pressure from Morgan State Bears forward Marland Harris (7) in the second half of the NCAA basketball game between the Xavier Musketeers and the Morgan State Bears at the Cintas Center on the campus of Xavier University in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Xavier won 119-58. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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