Kentucky’s track record of churning out NBA-ready guards should be enough to make Rob Dillingham an intriguing prospect for the Toronto Raptors in this year’s draft.

Rob Dillingham had the matchup he wanted.

It hadn’t been a particularly impressive night for the Kentucky freshman who stood at the top of the arc facing down North Carolina’s senior guard RJ Davis. The Tar Heels’ No. 8 ranked defense had kept Dillingham under wraps for most of the night, but the North Carolina native wouldn’t let up.

He crossed the ball under his legs back and forth before making his move. With Davis retreating, Dillingham dribbled into the lane, put his shoulder into Davis’ chest, and then rose up just inside the free throw line to loft a high-arching floater through the hoop.

“I just saw that ‘I am going to win my team this game mentality,’” said Andrew Stefaniak who covers Kentucky basketball for Wildcats Today. “You have to have it in the NBA and Dillingham showed it in that win.”

For the Toronto Raptors, Dillingham is the kind of prospect who could be sitting at No. 6 should the organization keep its top-six protected first-round pick in this year’s draft.

The 6-foot-3, 176-pound Dillingham is a scorer, cut from the same cloth as so many other slight and shifty Kentucky guards. He’s almost like a thinner version of Immanuel Quickley and Tyrese Maxey coming out of Kentucky.