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It's been a wild season in college basketball, and we've still got more than two months until the NCAA tournament. As teams jockey for position on the national radar, the big names of the sport are pretty clear—the likes of Cassius Winston, Myles Powell, Markus Howard, Vernon Carey and more. But what about those players who aren't the star, but nonetheless will play a pivotal role in determining how far their team will go? We look at eight X-factors in college hoops and what their team needs from them:
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