No player may be more important to his team's success than Northern Iowa's 6'8" senior forward Seth Tuttle. The 5 seed Panthers (30-3) run a similar slow-paced offense to Wisconsin and are one of the slowest teams in the tournament. The ball goes through Tuttle on almost every possession.

This is for good reason, as Tuttle is a player of the year candidate. Tuttle ranks third in the tournament with 7.2 Win Shares and has the second highest Player Efficiency Rating (31.4) in the tournament as well, behind only Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin. To get to these rankings Tuttle averages 20.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per 40 minutes and shoots a staggering 61.6% from the floor and 42.9% from three point land.

For Northern Iowa to go on a Sweet 16 run, the mid-major Panthers will need Tuttle to continue his domination.