The NCAA Tournament not only provides basketball fans with chills and thrills. March Madness also provides a sneak peek at the stars soon to join the WNBA ranks.

Just Women’s Sports analyst Rachel Galligan projected every first-round pick for the 2023 WNBA Draft in April. Based on her mock draft, here are the four potential lottery picks to watch as the NCAA Tournament gets underway.

Aliyah Boston, F, South Carolina

The consensus No. 1 pick leads the No. 1 overall seed into the tournament with her sights set on a repeat title. Boston and the Gamecocks won the national championship against UConn last year, and the undefeated Gamecocks look even stronger this time around.

While Boston’s stats have not been as strong this season, her 13.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game are nonetheless impressive — especially when considering the heavy defensive pressure the 6-foot-5 post receives from opponents.

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Diamond Miller, G, Maryland

The second-seeded Terrapins lost four of their starters in the offseason, two to the transfer portal and two to graduation. But you wouldn’t know it to look at them, in large part thanks to the skill and composure of Miller, their lone holdover in the starting lineup.

The 6-3 guard is averaging 19.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game for Maryland, the best numbers of her career. After an injury-plagued junior season, she has looked stronger than ever in her senior season.

Rickea Jackson, F, Tennessee

The high-profile transfer had a rocky start to her Tennessee tenure, as she was benched for two games in early December due to a coach’s decision.

Since her return, though, Jackson has flourished for the fourth-seeded Volunteers. The 6-2 forward leads the team with 19.6 points per game, and she is peaking at the right time, with a 26-point double-double to lead Tennessee over LSU in the SEC tournament semifinals.

Haley Jones, G, Stanford

Jones’ value comes in her versatility. The 6-1 guard can score, she can create plays, and she can defend with the best of them. For Stanford this season, she is averaging 13.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

The No. 1 seed in the second Seattle region, Cardinal have lost two of their last three games — to Utah in their regular-season finale and to UCLA in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. But with Jones’ steady presence, they still have what it takes to reach the Final Four for a third consecutive season.

Rickea Jackson is the leading scorer for Tennessee women’s basketball team, but she has not featured in the starting lineup since she was benched for two games in early December.

Vols coach Kellie Harper does not plan to make changes to the lineup, she said after her team’s 92-53 win Tuesday night against Wofford.

“We’re playing pretty well right now. It’s been good for us,” Harper said. “I’m not holding her out for any reason other than just the way we’ve been playing, it’s been working.”

Jackson scored a team-high 16 points in Tuesday’s victory, right in line with her team-leading 16.1 points per game this season. Jordan Horston is the only other player on Tennessee averaging double figures, with 15.8 points per game.

The senior forward missed the Vols’ Dec. 4 loss to No. 7 Virginia Tech and their Dec. 6 win against Chattanooga due to a “coach’s decision.” She returned to the lineup for a Dec. 11 win against Wright State, but in the four games since her benching, she has entered as a substitute.

Her absence came after a tough November for Tennessee (8-6), which included losses to then-unranked Gonzaga and UCLA. Both those teams have since jumped into the AP Top 25, and the Vols have stabilized.

Jackson came to Tennessee after entering the transfer portal from Mississippi State in January of last season. At Mississippi State, Jackson led her team in scoring each season, averaging 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals per contest.

For Tennessee, she not only leads the team in scoring, she also averages the second-most rebounds on the team at 5.4, just behind senior guard Horston at 6.2. And she averages the second-most minutes per game at 23.2, behind Horston at 23.6.

“She came off the bench and did really well against Stanford, had a good game prior to that,” Harper said of Jackson. “So I’m not doing it for any reason other than just right now what our team is doing, it looks good.”

Mississippi State transfer Rickea Jackson is headed to Tennessee to join the Lady Vols.

The 6-foot-2 forward, who was the leading scorer in the SEC when she entered the transfer portal in January, made the announcement Thursday on her Twitter account.

A 2019 McDonald’s All-American, Jackson led the Bulldogs in scoring as a freshman (16.5 points per game) and a sophomore (14.9 ppg). This season, she averaged 20.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks through 15 games before making the decision to transfer.

“She just wants out for mental health reasons,” her mother Caryn Jackson said in a text message to the Clarion Ledger at the time.

Jackson played her first three collegiate seasons at Mississippi State under three different head coaches.

Vic Shaefer left for Texas after Jackson’s freshman season. Then his replacement Nikki McCray-Penson for her sophomore season stepped down last October due to health concerns. The Bulldogs were led by interim coach Doug Novak this season and earlier this month hired Louisville assistant Sam Purcell as the new head coach.

In the last month, Jackson visited Texas and LSU in addition to Tennessee, but the Volunteers won her over. Her announcement comes as the Lady Vols prepare for their first Sweet 16 since 2016; No. 4 seed Tennessee will face No. 1 Louisville at 4 p.m. ET Saturday.