NCAA Basketball: 10 best players from state of Kentucky of last decade

8. Quentin Snider – Louisville

Here’s another basketball star from Kentucky who stayed in the state, but the expectations were a bit higher for Snider. A top 40 recruit, this 6’2 guard from Louisville stayed in town for his collegiate career, joining the Cardinals under Rick Pitino in 2014. His four-year career saw him stay beyond Pitino’s firing three years later, though Snider didn’t let that stop his career from being impressive.

Freshman year was unsurprisingly less productive, but he had a great run through his upperclassman seasons. He scored 16 points twice in the NCAA Tournament, keying first round wins as a freshman and junior. Snider scored a career-high 22 points on four different occasions in his career, including during a junior year win over rival Kentucky. Each of those last two seasons saw him average at least 11 points per game as a full-time starter in the backcourt.

Snider didn’t win any fancy awards, but he put up some solid numbers across a four year career with the Cardinals. He had the misfortune of getting caught up in Louisville’s infractions, but this senior year was still a very solid effort. Since leaving college, he’s spent the last four years playing basketball professionally overseas, most recently over in Poland.