Most Hated Players of the NCAA Tournament

Every year in the NCAA tournament, there is the hated player. The one player that most of America can agree with they just don't like.

Joakim Noah of Florida was that player for two years. Christian Leattner was that player in the early 90's. And who can forget about Adam Morrison and J.J. Reddick. Well this year's tournament is no different.

1. Greg Paulus, Duke- Dickie V. hyped this kid so much coming out of high school, you thought he was the second coming of Michael Jordan. Then you find out that he really wasn't that good. He has had two dubious honors. He was voted the most hated player in college basketball and he has this little video that made the rounds on YouTube:




2. Eric Devendorf, Syracuse- He allegedly hit a girl last year, and almost got suspended for the entire year for it. Him being an overall douche though, is why he is so hated. His tattoos don't help. But really gets me, is that he profiles every shot he makes. Also there isn't a bigger trash talker than this guy. Also his act after this shot never helped his reputation.




3. Hasheem Thabeet, UConn- He talked a lot of junk and never produced. Then this year he was looking like the player of the year. Then DeJuan Blair took his manhood. Which still makes a lot of college basketball fans chuckle.




4. B.J. Mullens, Ohio St.- B.J. is suppose to be the white version of Greg Oden coming out of high school. The 7'1" center had a pretty good year for Ohio St. He is a wild card for the list, but I guarantee he will be among the hated players in college basketball next year.




5. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina- I have never gotten the hatred of Hansbrough. He doesn't appear to me to be as a big of tool as Devendorf or Paulus. But he is hated because the media fawns over him, like the media fawns over Tim Tebow. At least he provided us with these two memorable moments.







Honorable Mentions- You can't forget about Duke players Jon Scheyer or Kyle "Sweating Man" Singler. Scheyer can travel and get away with it. And the "Sweating Man" can elbow anyone he wants.



You have to love Dickie V. saying, "That's a no-no" then moving on. And they wonder whey they call him Dukie V.



And Duke fans wonder why other fans complain about Duke getting all of the calls.

At least we know a Duke player can't take a screen