Chicago Regional boasts great guard play

Updated: March 21, 2005, 1:29 PM ET

By Chad Ford | ESPN Insider

It's fitting that the team with the best guard play in the nation, Illinois, is stuck in a bracket with the rest of the best guards in the country.

Arizona, Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma State all have NBA-caliber players in the backcourt who will test the Illini.

ESPN Insider talked to multiple NBA scouts and GMs to give you a look at the top five NBA prospects they'll be watching in each NCAA region.

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