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

By Joey Loose | Sep 22, 2022

Dejected Purdue Boilermakers guard Carsen Edwards (3) and Ryan Cline (14) walk off the court following of their NCAA Division I Basketball Championship "Elite 8" basketball game at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY., on Saturday, Mar 30, 2019. The Virginia Cavaliers defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 80-75.The Purdue Boilermakers Play The Virginia Cavaliers In The Elite 8 Of The Ncaa Men S Basketball Championship /

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SMU Mustangs guard Kendric Davis Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /

7. Kendric Davis – TCU / SMU

Our next focus is on this very talented 5’11 point guard from Houston who’s already made quite the collegiate career for himself. Davis originally enrolled at TCU but played just a single season with the Horned Frogs. He then transferred to nearby SMU and was soon granted a waiver to play right away. Davis starred as a major piece for the Mustangs for the next three seasons, developing into one of the nation’s best point guards.

His freshman year saw him average just over 6 points a game in a season where TCU advanced to the NIT semifinals. He really came into his own at SMU, putting up more impressive offensive numbers during his time with the Mustangs. By his junior season, he was averaging 19.0 points and 7.6 assists per game and was even more impressive as a senior. The Mustangs won 24 games during that final season and Davis is a major reason why.

Each of those three seasons with the Mustangs saw Davis named to the All-AAC team, though his third year was clearly the best. He led the conference in scoring and was named AAC Player of the Year. He led the conference in various offensive and shooting statistics and was one of the nation’s best assist guys throughout his upperclassman years. Fortunately, the book is not closed on Davis, who has transferred to Memphis to play his final collegiate season this year.

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