March Madness: Top 100 players that will decide the 2018 NCAA Tournament

JR Ed Polite Jr. – Forward, Radford Highlanders

2017-18 stats: 13.5 ppg 7.7 rpg 1.4 apg

JR Rickey McGill – Guard, Iona Gaels

2017-17 stats: 13.5 ppg 4.1 rpg 4.6 apg

SR Wes Clark – Guard, Buffalo Bulls

2017-18 stats: 14.6 ppg 3.5 rpg 5.3 apg

JR Raasean Davis – Forward, North Carolina Central Eagles

2017-18 stats: 15.0 ppg 8.0 rpg 0.4 apg

JR Francis Alonso – Guard, UNC Greensboro Spartans

2017-18 stats: 15.6 ppg 2.4 rpg 3.0 apg

When it comes to the amount impact players will make, these guys are the least likely. And it’s not a diss to their individual talent, but rather the balance the teams these guys play for.

Iona and Buffalo have several double-digit players, while Radford plays more of a slow-paced game. That doesn’t mean any of these first five players aren’t capable of having big games.

Clark had 26 in the MAC title game against Toledo, Alonso dropped 31 points at Wake Forest, and McGill produced a career-high 40 points in the regular-season finale at Rider.

For their teams to have any shot at an upset in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, they’ll have to have similar huge games. Anything is certainly possible, and they have good enough teammates to help carry the load, but of course, the odds of that happening are pretty slim.