Guard Cairo Rivera’s collegiate team the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans were invited to the NCAA tournament as a 5 seed.
The St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans ended the regular season with a 25-9 record. They are paired against the Assumption Greyhounds who are a 6 seed. The game will take place on Tuesday, March 18 in Buffalo, New York.
The table below shows other former New Jersey basketball players currently on rosters competing for the 2025 National Championship.
| Name | Hometown | College Team | Seed in tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quanirah Montague | Atlantic City | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 9 |
| Cat Pettegrove | Califon | Vermont Catamounts | 15 |
| D.J. Wagner | Camden | Arkansas Razorbacks | 10 |
| Kareem Watkins | Camden | Arkansas Razorbacks | 10 |
| Jerome Brewer Jr. | Camden | McNeese State Cowboys | 12 |
| Cairo Rivera | Camden | St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans | 5 |
| Cristina Parrella | Closter | Princeton Tigers | 11 |
| Katie Hill | Colts Neck | Richmond Spiders | 8 |
| Quinn McGuinness | Columbia | Vermont Catamounts | 15 |
| David Coit | Columbus | Kansas Jayhawks | 7 |
| Joi Johnson | Ewing | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | 15 |
| Te’Yala Delfosse | Ewing | Michigan Wolverines | 6 |
| Sydney Stokes | Linwood | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | 15 |
| Kylee Watson | Linwood | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Chloe Teter | Little Silver | NYU Violets | |
| Devyn Quigley | Manchester | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 2 |
| Talia Baptiste | Maplewood | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | 15 |
| Elmarko Jackson | Marlton | Kansas Jayhawks | 7 |
| Belle Pellecchia | Mendham | NYU Violets | |
| Hannah Hidalgo | Merchantville | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Otega Oweh | Newark | Kentucky Wildcats | 3 |
| Madison St. Rose | Old Bridge | Princeton Tigers | 11 |
| Olivia Miles | Phillipsburg | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Zoe Brooks | Plainfield | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 2 |
| Simeon Wilcher | Plainfield | St. John’s Red Storm | 2 |
| CJ Wilcher | Plainfield | Texas A&M Aggies | 4 |
| Jeremy Clayville | Ridgewood | Saint Francis Red Flash | 16 |
| Ciara Norman | Roebling | Bentley Falcons | 1 |
| Mikayla Blakes | Somerset | Vanderbilt Commodores | 7 |
| Zahra Alexander | South Orange | NYU Violets | |
| Ally Sweeney | Sparta | Richmond Spiders | 8 |
| Paige Morton | Summit | Princeton Tigers | 11 |
| Jayden Brown | Teaneck | Bryant Bulldogs | 15 |
| Zach Freemantle | Teaneck | Xavier Musketeers | 11 |
| Nina Emnace | Toms River | Harvard Crimson | 10 |
| Justine Pissott | Toms River | Vanderbilt Commodores | 7 |
| Deraje Agbaosi | Union | New Mexico Lobos | 10 |
| Noah Payne | Voorhees | Assumption Greyhounds | 6 |
| MJ Iraldi | West Deptford | Nova Southeastern Sharks | 1 |
| Naas Cunningham | West Orange | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2 |
| Elliot Cadeau | West Orange | North Carolina Tar Heels | 11 |
| Jada Elston | Woodbine | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | 15 |
| Lauren Achter | Wyckoff | Vermont Catamounts | 15 |
