Indiana high school basketball stars often have dreams of playing in March Madness, and dozens have the chance this year.

Purdue heads this year's list 7 scholarship players from Indiana high schools. The following schools have 2: Akron, Illinois, Stetson, Grambling State and Western Kentucky.

Here are 10 most likely to make an impact over the next three weekends.

Jalen Blackmon: The junior from Marion leads Stetson with 21.5 points per game while shooting 38.9% from 3-point range and 91% on free throws. He scored 43 points in the Hatters' Atlantic Sun tournament championship game win over Austin Peay.

Johnell Davis: Florida Atlantic hopes the senior from Gary 21st Century can lead it to a second straight Final Four. He averages 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals, shooting 42.5% from 3-point range.

Braden Smith: The 2022 IndyStar Mr. Basketball from Westfield leads the Purdue backcourt and is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation's top point guard. He averages 12.5 points, 7.3 assists, 5.8 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, while shooting 45.4% on 3-pointers.

Jermaine Couisnard: The fifth-year player from East Chicago averages 15.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists for Oregon. He averaged 14.7 points and 7 assists in the Ducks' run through the Pac-12 tournament.

Ali Ali: The fifth-year player from East Noble came back to Akron after one year at Butler, and averages 15.6 points and 4.1 rebounds.

Brooks Barnhizer: The senior from Lafayette Jeff averages 14.6 points and 7.5 rebounds for Northwestern, which is in the tournament for a second consecutive season for the first time in program history.

Jayden Taylor: The junior from Perry Meridian (formerly Butler) averages 11.9 points per game for North Carolina State, which won five days in a row to win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Brandon Newman: The senior from Valparaiso (formerly Purdue) averages 10.5 points and 5.4 rebounds for Western Kentucky, which won the Conference USA tournament.

Fletcher Loyer: The Purdue sophomore from Homestead averages 10.4 points on 43.9% 3-point shooting.

Tre Coleman: The senior from Jeffersonville averages 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals for Nevada.

Indiana high school basketball players in the NCAA Tournament

(with player, high school, college: key stats)

Khristian Lander, Evansville Reitz, Western Kentucky: 9.1 points

Mason Gillis, New Castle, Purdue: 7.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 48.1% 3s

Trey Kaufman-Renn, Silver Creek, Purdue: 6.1 points, 4.0 rebounds

Caleb Furst, Blackhawk Christian, Purdue: 2.4 points, 2.6 rebounds

Myles Colvin, Heritage Christian, Purdue: 3.8 points, 44.7% 3s

Brian Waddell, Carmel, Purdue: Appeared in 12 games

Josh Smith, Monrovia, Stetson: 8.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, but he suffered a season-ending injury in February

Jalen Washington, Gary West, North Carolina: 4.1 points, 2.7 rebounds

Luke Goode, Homestead, Illinois: 6.0 points, 39.6% 3s, 3.6 rebounds

Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Lafayette, Ind., Illinois: 2.4 points

Connor Essegian, Central Noble, Wisconsin: 3.2 points

Dylan Ritter, Zionsville, Charleston: Appeared in 6 games

Evan Wilson, Noblesville, Akron: Appeared in 5 games

Jonah Lucas, Lafayette Harrison, Marquette: Appeared in 10 games

Joey Hart, Linton-Stockton, Kentucky: Appeared in 7 games

Jalen Windham, Ben Davis, Morehead State: Has not played this season

Mike Saunders Jr., Lawrence North, McNeese State: 5.9 points

Xavier Booker, Cathedral, Michigan State: 3.6 points

Sydney Curry, Fort Wayne Northrop, Grand Canyon: 3.1 points

Alex Hemenway, Castle, Clemson: 5.2 points in 5 games before suffering a season-ending injury

Jarron Coleman, Cathedral, Nebraska: Appeared in 12 games

Mikale Stevenson, Fort Wayne South Side, Grambling State: 4.6 points, 2.1 assists

Jalen Johnson, Manual, Grambling State: 7.6 points, 3.9 rebounds

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana high school basketball players in the NCAA Tournament