Some college basketball players are easy to identify before the season tips off, but for every no-brainer like Cody Zeller, there’s a surprise like Kelly Olynyk waiting in the wings. Just as Olynyk went from unknown to first-team All-American a season ago, there will be plenty of lesser-known names who will make huge jumps in performance in 2013-14.

One such star in the making had his own year in the spotlight preempted by Olynyk’s greatness. Gonzaga big man Sam Dower, forced to the bench a year ago, will get to strut his stuff as a senior as one of the best power forwards in the country.