JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Wofford coach Mike Young softly sighed and began rubbing circles around his eyes, like a student reminded of a 20-page term paper due the next day.

Just mentioning Myles Powell’s name took the fun out of the small school’s first NCAA Tournament in four years.

“If I have to watch one more video of Myles …,” the 17th-year coach said with frustration, before transitioning to praise. “Just an elite scorer and he’s got all the tricks. … Myles Powell is terrific. I’ve enjoyed watching him play. I don’t know that I’ll enjoy seeing him play my team.”

It has been a season in which Powell sunk 30-footers as easily as layups, turned double-teams into escape acts, made momentum feel as simple as giving him the ball. It has been a season in which the junior guard strapped a young and unproven supporting cast to his back with a smile on his face, made deficits more entertaining ways to win, made the loss of the program’s most important core in two decades irrelevant.

As the only starter back from the first Seton Hall team to win an NCAA Tournament game in 14 years, Powell has done everything to make a potential rebuilding campaign into a season to remember.

And now he needs to do more.

Having already led the 10th-seeded Pirates (20-13) to the tournament with four straight late-season wins, Powell has only risen the expectation that he can carry Seton Hall beyond Thursday’s Midwest Region first-round matchup against seventh-seeded Wofford (29-4) at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

When it looked as if the Pirates would miss the NCAA Tournament, Powell scored 34 points and led a game-closing 18-0 run to beat Marquette. Next came a win over Big East champ Villanova. Then, a record 29-point first half in the Big East quarterfinals, beginning a thrilling three-day run in which the league’s second-leading scorer ended with the eighth-most points in the tournament’s history.

In six straight games, Powell has made at least four 3-pointers, scoring at least 31 points on three occasions.

“The way he’s kind of willed this team over the last two weeks, I mean, we’ve had a really stressful last two weeks. … And the way he’s handled that, his maturity, his leadership has been phenomenal,” coach Kevin Willard said. “I think he really challenged himself to play at a high level, and sometimes it’s easy to lead and sometimes it’s great to be a guy that can pat someone on the butt and say ‘great job,’ but he has stepped up to the plate and he has played out of this world.

“I think the way he has played with his confidence, that has trickled down to all the other guys, and they feed off him.”

Willard calls his team Powell’s team so often it has become fact, like his scoring average (22.9), or 3-point percentage (.369). Still, there is the feeling that his efforts have been overlooked nationally, that too many people will first see the star on the biggest stage.

“I know my game’s gonna speak for itself. I probably don’t get talked about as much, but I know when I step on the court, I’m definitely a lot to deal with,” Powell told The Post. “It’s OK, though, I know when I step in between these lines, and I see you in front of me, my first mindset is kill everything. You’re gonna be in for a long night.”

The Terriers haven’t had a long night since Dec. 19. Their 20-game win streak is the country’s longest. Their 42 percent 3-point shooting ranks second in the nation and features their own sharpshooting star, Fletcher Magee.

“We’re definitely not gonna take them lightly. Their seed is higher than us,” Powell said. “Any team that’s won 20 games straight has something special going on.”

Earlier this week on the Pirates’ South Orange campus, Willard was asked his team’s biggest strength.

“Myles Powell,” he replied.

A few seconds of silence passed.

“That’s all I got on that one.”

It could be all he needs.

Guard the 3

The Terriers attempt nearly half of their shots from the perimeter with good reason. Led by star Fletcher Magee, Wofford shoots an incredible 42 percent on 3-pointers, ranking second in the nation. The Pirates held opponents to 33.9 percent 3-point shooting this season, and points won’t come easy for the Terriers without space. Wofford gets to the foul line less than all but one team in the NCAA Tournament.

The star must shine

Seton Hall isn’t here without Myles Powell carrying the team down the stretch, and the Pirates won’t advance without another huge performance from the junior guard. Powell is built for this stage and is playing his best basketball. He has scored in double-digits in each of his three career NCAA Tournament games, though the sharpshooter only made 5-of-17 from deep in last year’s two games.

Will a wingman show up?

Wofford’s high-powered offense puts up 83 points per game, and Powell (22.9 points) can only shoulder so much of the responsibility for an otherwise inconsistent offense, which features no one else averaging more than 10.3 points. Sophomore Sandro Mamukelashvili has thrown up three double-doubles this month and classmate Myles Cale averaged 19.7 points in upsets of Kentucky, Maryland and Villanova.