NCAA Basketball: Best mid-major players of the 21st Century
By Logan Butts
SWAC
Alabama A&M: Obie Trotter
Alabama State: Andrew Hayles
Alcorn State: LeAntwan Luckett
Arkansas–Pine Bluff: Martaveous McKnight
Grambling: Brion Rush
Jackson State: Trey Johnson
Mississippi Valley State: Paul Crosby
Southern: Adarrial Smylie
Texas Southern: Madarious Gibbs
Trey Johnson was a top-notch scorer that I really thought he would stick around for a while in the NBA as a three-point specialist.
Sun Belt
Appalachian State: D.J. Thompson
Coastal Carolina: Torrey Butler
Georgia State: R. J. Hunter
Arkansas Little Rock: Josh Hagins
Louisiana: Shawn Long (shoutout to Elfrid Payton)
South Alabama: Augustine Rubit
UT Arlington: Kevin Hervey
Troy: O’darien Bassett
Hunter going bananas to beat Baylor is forever burned in my memory.
Summit
Denver: Yemi Nicholson
North Dakota: Troy Huff
North Dakota State: Ben Woodside/Taylor Braun
Oral Roberts: Caleb Green
IPFW: Max Landis
South Dakota: Tyler Cain
South Dakota State: Mike Daum (shoutout to Nate Wolters)
The Dauminator still has one year left in his path of destruction.
WCC
BYU: Jimmer Fredette (shoutouts to Tyler Haws and Kyle Collinsworth)
Gonzaga: MVP: Adam Morrison
10 More : Blake Stepp, Ronny Turiaf, Derek Raivio, Jeremy Pargo, Matt Bouldin, Kelly Olynyk, Kevin Pangos, Nigel Williams-Goss, Dan Dickau, Casey Calvary
Pacific: Christian Maråker
Pepperdine: Brandon Armstrong
Saint Mary’s: Jock Landale (shoutout to Matthew Dellavedova)
San Diego: Johnny Dee
Santa Clara: John Bryant
Jimmer vs. Adam Morrison in a shootout, who do ya got?
WAC
Cal State Bakersfield: Aly Ahmed
New Mexico State: Ian Baker (shoutouts to Jemerrio Jones and Pascal Siakam)
UMKC: Martez Harrison
Utah Valley: Isiah Williams
New Mexico State is a step above the rest of these teams for the purposes of this list.
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