NCAA Basketball: 10 best players from state of North Carolina of last decade

7. Moses Wright – Georgia Tech

In the years since the ACC expanded to twelve teams, Georgia Tech hasn’t really been a factor in the conference race. This 6’9 forward from Raleigh made sure that this changed before he left school. Wright was a four-year player for Georgia Tech, arriving in 2017 and leaving school a conference champion four seasons later.

Wright earned starts in his first couple of seasons, but wasn’t really a factor in the offense until late in his sophomore year, scoring 25 points in a season-ending loss to Notre Dame. As a junior, he averaged 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, including a career-high 33 points against Syracuse, but it was his final year where everything came together. Not only did he average 17.4 points and 8.0 rebounds a game for the Yellow Jackets, but he helped the program to their first ACC Tournament title in nearly thirty years.

That impressive and successful senior season wasn’t just about Georgia Tech’s unexpected March Madness appearance, but Wright showed off both offensively and defensively. He was named ACC Player of the Year and was on the ACC All-Defense team, becoming the Yellow Jacket’s first conference player of the year since 1990. He was not drafted following the season but has seen time in the NBA and G-League in his first professional season.