NCAA Basketball: 50 best mid-major players of the 2017-18 season

As another college basketball season comes to a close, season reviews are coming out left and right. This list takes some time to appreciate the depth of mid-major talent in college basketball this year.

With the 2017-18 college basketball season officially in the books, it’s time to reflect on the year that was (and also to dive head-first into the deep end for way-too-early 2018-19 predictions). Before moving on to next year completely, Busting Brackets wanted to give an appreciation to the best mid-major performers in a year full of them.

Since there are literally hundreds of mid-major teams and players out there, we should set some ground rules:

1. Only one player per team. This effects some of the higher tier mid-majors (Nevada, Gonzaga, Loyola-Chicago, Buffalo, Bucknell, etc.), but also some of the next tier mid-majors with high talent levels (UT-Arlington being a prime example)
2. The player’s team had to have a winning record to be eligible. It’s one thing to be really good on a bad ACC team. It’s another thing to be really good at a bad MAAC school.
3. No Freshman. I had to cut this list down somehow. Plus, mid-major players almost always get more than one year to shine.
4. No AAC, A-10, Mountain West, or Big East. Only true mid-major leagues allowed. And yes, I know that means Gonzaga is eligible, but those are the rules.