Dan Dakich is providing up some free recommendation to any participant on this weekend’s Candy 16 searching for recommendations on methods to put together for the massive video games … saying merely, “Do not begin pondering you are a star!”

The previous Indiana Hoosiers guard mentioned in a chat with TMZ Sports activities this week it is simple for gamers who’ve made it this far within the NCAA event to start out shedding focus.

He mentioned as groups return to campus and really feel all of the love — it is common for gamers to get a giant head … after which falter when the lights come again on for the tourney’s subsequent spherical.

“Now all of the sudden, man, campus is completely different,” he informed us. “Campus is alive — and so they’re alive due to you! And, you have acquired to have the ability to deal with that dangerous boy, and it ain’t straightforward.”

Dakich prompt coaches implement a number of conferences per day — he truly jokingly referred to it as “three-a-days” — with the intention to hammer dwelling the purpose to gamers that they’ve to recollect what it took to get them to the place they’re at the moment at.

“I am telling you,” he mentioned, “it is a huge deal.”

As for who Dakich, the host of Outkick’s Do not @ Me, likes going into the subsequent spherical — he mentioned it is apparent Purdue and UConn are the favorites.

However, he informed us do not sleep on Creighton, San Diego State or NC State both.

The Spherical of 16 formally begins Thursday … when Clemson takes on Arizona in Los Angeles.