NCAA Basketball: 10 best players from state of West Virginia of last decade

1. Jon Elmore – Marshall

There would be no doubt that Elmore was West Virginia’s best product of the last ten seasons after he did fantastic work at Marshall in his home state. A 6’3 guard from Charleston, Elmore arrived on campus in 2015 and became a full-time star for the Thundering Herd. Elmore was a talented shooter and the premier offensive weapon for Dan D’Antoni across the next four seasons.

Elmore made around 35% of his 3-pointers in all four collegiate seasons. After averaging 15.2 points a game as a freshman, he’d be at or around 20 points a game in each of his last three campaigns. His assists numbers were off the charts too, playing a major role in leading this Thundering Herd offense. He scored 27 points as a junior in Marshall’s Tourney upset of Wichita State and had a career-high 44 points in a senior year win over UTEP. That junior year also saw him with a pair of triple-doubles before ending his career with a CIT championship as a senior.

Conference USA’s top scorer each of those last three seasons, Elmore was named First Team All-CUSA each of those years. He was the Tournament MVP during that impressive run as a junior while also leading the conference in assists and a number of other metrics. Elmore finished his career with 2,638 points, the all-time leading scorer for both Marshall and the C-USA. Elmore was a fantastic scorer and offensive weapon and has continued that journey over in Lithuania.

At long last we have completed our look at the best college basketball players of the last ten years from the state of West Virginia; how do these players compare with some of our other rankings?