NCAA Basketball: Top 5 unknown players going into 2019-2020 season

RENO, NEVADA - JANUARY 02: Sam Merrill #5 of the Utah State Aggies points to Cody Martin #11 of the Nevada Wolf Pack as the ball goes out of bounds after the Nevada Wolf Pack missed a pass at Lawlor Events Center on January 02, 2019 in Reno, Nevada. (Photo by Jonathan Devich/Getty Images) /

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CINCINNATI, OH – NOVEMBER 28: Tyrique Jones #0 of the Xavier Musketeers goes to the basket against Tristan Clark #25 of the Baylor Bears in the first half of a game at Cintas Center on November 28, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Xavier won 76-63. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

No. 4 Tristan Clark – Baylor

While Clark might now go to an under-the-radar school, his game was remarkable when he was healthy last year and it went fairly unknown to the public. He averaged 15 and six last year while blocking two as well, but the scary part was his shooting percentage. 74% not from the free-throw line, but from the floor and 14 games is not a small sample size either.

He did go down with a knee injury last year which caused him to miss much of the season, but assuming he comes back healthy he could potentially lead the Bears to a run at the Big 12 title. He is going to be one of the premier forwards in the conference and is going to have something to prove to everyone. Clark, while he might not shoot the same percentage ever again anything close with an increase in shots, will skyrocket his points per game as well as include an increase in everything else.

Clark could very quickly go from being an unknown forward in the Big 12 to being the best forward in the country next season and it would not surprise me at all if he did.

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