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NCAA Basketball: Current 2019-20 NBA teammates who played in college together

By Bill McCarthy

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 04: Tyus Jones #5 of the Duke Blue Devils gives instructions to his teammate Grayson Allen #3 of the Duke Blue Devils during the game against the Michigan State Spartans during the NCAA Men's Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 04: Tyus Jones #5 of the Duke Blue Devils gives instructions to his teammate Grayson Allen #3 of the Duke Blue Devils during the game against the Michigan State Spartans during the NCAA Men's Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – FEBRUARY 28: (L-R) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson #23, Stanley Johnson #5 (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – FEBRUARY 28: (L-R) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson #23, Stanley Johnson #5 (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images) /

The Toronto Wildcats

Duo: Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

NBA team: Toronto Raptors

College team: Arizona Wildcats, 2014-15

NCAA Tournament finish: Elite Eight

Following the departure of All-Star Kawhi Leonard in free agency this summer, the Toronto Raptors signed former Arizona Wildcat forwards Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.

Johnson joined the team after spending most of his early career with the Detroit Pistons, who took him with the No. 8 pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Hollis-Jefferson, the No. 23 pick in 2015, spent his first four seasons with the Brooklyn Nets.

Johnson averaged 7.1 points and 3.5 rebounds in almost four seasons with the Pistons, but he’s seen his productivity dip in Toronto, where he’s not playing meaningful minutes.

Hollis-Jefferson, by contrast, is seeing close to 20 minutes of gametime each night with the Raptors. Through his first 44 appearances this season, he’s logging 7.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and one steal per game, according to Basketball-Reference.

The two were also teammates in college, when Johnson was a freshman and Hollis-Jefferson was a sophomore. Together, they helped lead a 2014-15 Arizona squad that also included NBA guard T.J. McConnell all the way to the Elite Eight as a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The Wildcats earned that seed after running away with the Pac-12’s regular-season title and cutting down the nets in the Pac-12 Tournament. They spent the entire season ranked in the AP top 10 and finished with a 34-4 overall record.

Johnson and Hollis-Jefferson, both regulars in the starting lineup, helped Arizona establish itself as an elite defensive team. But their offensive numbers weren’t too shabby, either.

On the season, Johnson averaged 13.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game, according to Sports Reference. Hollis-Jefferson averaged 11.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals.

Johnson and Hollis-Jefferson capped off their short but storied Arizona careers by claiming spots on the All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Tournament first teams.

Johnson was also named the Pac-12 freshman of the year and winner of the Julius Erving Award for the nation’s best small forward, while Hollis-Jefferson made the Pac-12 All-Defense team and the West Region’s All-Region team in the NCAA Tournament.

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