March Madness 2021: 5 potential impact players to watch in NCAA Tournament

We all know about the star players that we will see on the nation’s top teams during March Madness. We know all about Kispert, Butler, Dosunmu, and more, but what about the players just a step below them? The players that aren’t the best players on their teams, but are not 100% role players?

These are the players in fact that will have the biggest impact during March Madness. The teams that will make it the farthest in the Big Dance will be the teams that get the most production from these types of guys. Let’s take a look at a few players from the nation’s best teams that could have the biggest impact on this year’s NCAA Tournament

Jahvon Quinerly – Alabama

You can make the argument that Alabama does not win the SEC Tournament without Jahvon Quinerly. Quinerly took home Tournament MVP honors as Alabama won the SEC Tournament with an 80-79 win over LSU to capture their first SEC Tournament Title since 1991.

Quinerly averaged nearly 16 PPG and 3.0 APG during the Tide’s three SEC Tournament games while shooting 59.4% from the field and 46.2% from three. These performances also included hitting some massive shots for the Tide down the stretch.

While Quinerly does not start for the Crimson Tide, he has turned himself into one of the best Sixth-Men in all of college basketball. Averaging 12.7 PPG on 40+% shooting from two and three-point range, Quinerly has completely taken his game to another level since the beginning of February where he has scored in double-figures in the previous 12 straight games while shooting over 50+% from two and three-point range.

The Crimson Tide have all the pieces needed to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, and if Quinerly continues his current play, you have to consider Alabama as a favorite to come out of the East Region.