March Madness: 53 former MaxPreps All-Americans set to participate in NCAA Tournament

Some see at as a three-week national holiday. Many believe it's the best sporting event the country. By event, we mean the 18-day, 68-team extravaganza that is the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. 

Aside from Tuesday and Wednesday play-in games, the Big Dance starts Thursday and concludes with the championship game April 4 in New Orleans at Caesars Superdome.

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We've compiled all the MaxPreps All-American who are playing in the 2022 tournament and a whopping 53 standouts will compete. Kentucky, the No. 2 seed in the East, boasts the most with six, followed by Duke, North Carolina and Gonzaga, each with four.

Gonzaga is led by 2020-21 MaxPreps National Player of the Year Chet Holmgren. The Zags, the No. 1 seed in the West and overall, open Thursday against Georgia State in Portland, Ore.

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Nimari Burnett, Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (Napa, Calif.), 2020

J.D. Davison, Calhoun (Letohatchee, Ala.), 2021

Jahvon Quinerly, Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, N.J.), 2018

Walker Kessler, Woodward Academy (College Park, Ga.), 2020
Jabari Smith, Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.), 2021

Paolo Banchero, O'Dea (Seattle), 2020

Trevor Keels, Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.), 2021

Wendell Moore Jr., Cox Mill (Concord, N.C.), 2019
Jeremy Roach, Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), 2020

Deivon Smith, Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), 2020

Hunter Sallis, Millard North (Omaha, Neb.), 2021

Daimion Collins, Atlanta (Texas), 2021