Unveiling the NCAA Tournament Assist Legend: Who Holds the Record and How Did They Do It?
We’ll fire up the March Madness time machine to go back and revisit the NCAA Division I men’s college basketball tournament games with 15 or more assists (although we don’t have to go back far for Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell joining the NCAA Tournament Records):
Players With Most Assists in an NCAA Tournament Game
1. – 19 Assists, Markquis Nowell, Kansas State vs. Michigan State (March 23, 2023)
Nowell put on a show during the 2023 NCAA Tournament, averaging 23.5 points and 13.5 assists while leading third-seeded Kansas State to the Elite Eight. In the Sweet 16 at Madison Square Garden, he finished with 20 points and an NCAA Tournament-record 19 assists as the Wildcats topped seventh-seeded Michigan State 98-93 in overtime – breaking UNLV guard Mark Wade’s previous record that stood for nearly 26 years.



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