BYU junior shooting guard Jimmer Fredette is a wizard with the basketball. No matter where he is on the court, if he's got the ball, he doesn't pick up his dribble without a purpose.

He can score, too. On the season, Fredette averages 21.7 points, along with 4.7 assists. He also shoots .448 percent from three. He put up 49 Dec. 28 in a blowout win at Arizona and 45 in a win last week over TCU.

He reminds me of Steve Nash with the way he keeps his head up at all times and how everything he does on offense has a purpose and that's shown in the early minutes of seventh seeded BYU's first round game against 10th seed Florida.

Another aspect of Fredette's game that's similar to Nash's? Defense. Fredette, like Nash, doesn't keep his hands up on the defensive end and he couldn't guard the chair in Darko Milicic's pre-draft tape.

For BYU to make a run, Fredette will have to contribute at both ends of the floor. Guards are too important in the college game, and if and when BYU plays a team with a guard as skilled as Fredette, that will hurt them.