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

JR Jarell Brantley – Forward, College of Charleston Cougars

2017-18 stats: 17.0 ppg 7.1 rpg 1.7 apg

SO Grant Riller – Guard, College of Charleston Cougars

2017-18 stats: 18.7 ppg 2.7 rpg 2.1 apg

SR Joe Chealey – Guard, College of Charleston Cougars

2017-18 stats: 18.5 ppg 4.7 rpg 3.6 apg

JR Joel Hernandez – Guard, LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds

2017-18 stats: 20.9 ppg 5.9 rpg 2.6 apg

SO Donte DiVincenzo – Guard, Villanova Wildcats

2017-18 stats: 13.1 ppg 4.6 rpg 3.4 apg

Only two teams have three players on this list – Duke, and College of Charleston. I had no choice with the Cougars, the only team in the country who has three players averaging over 17.0 ppg for the season.

The trio supplies most of the offense, combining to score 70 of the team’s 83 points in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title game over Northeastern.

DiVencenzo makes the list as the only primary sixth man. But considering that he plays starter’s minutes and has starter’s stats to show for it, the sixth man had to be included.

Hernandez might not have the teammates with the same scoring capabilities as him, but he’s been going on an individual tear, averaging 24.3 ppg in his last 11 games. The fifth-year senior dropped 32 to win the Northeast Title game and looks to keep the Blackbirds alive in March.