The college basketball universe is full of interesting stories and programs. The very backbone of the excitement of the season is the NCAA Tournament and the moments made in March, but that’s not all that matters in this sport. While making the Big Dance is the biggest goal for any program, there are many players who still excel but don’t necessarily get their chances to thrive in the postseason. Everyone’s stories deserve to be told.
We’re telling more of those stories today with the fifth piece of our long-running series. We’ve been looking closely at the best players of the last decade from each of the current collegiate conferences, proceeding through them alphabetically. While there may have been more interest in conferences like the ACC or A-10, today’s the Atlantic Sun’s moment in the spotlight.
With ASUN Basketball being a one-bid league, many great players in this league didn’t necessarily have their chance to star in the NCAA Tournament. That doesn’t mean they didn’t make a great impact, as programs like Florida Gulf Coast, Liberty, Lipscomb, and North Florida all had their moments and are properly represented on today’s list.
The series only looks at what these players accomplished within the last ten years in this conference, meaning newcomer schools like Austin Peay or Eastern Kentucky might not necessarily have much representation today. Any player who spent time in another league will not be judged on that performance, solely his work in the ASUN. Transferring is becoming much more prominent in today’s game, though nearly all of today’s players certainly found solid homes with these ASUN schools; let’s hear all about them.