Big Sky Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

Much of the sports world focuses on the NCAA Tournament when March rolls around, giving college basketball it’s moment in the sporting spotlight. Clearly, there’s a lot more that happens in this sport than just those three weeks at the end of the season. Countless players, coaches, and programs see their stories unfold across the entire season, with some truly fantastic players never really getting that chance in the spotlight.

Recently, we’ve been unveiling a long-term series that looks at a great number of those fantastic players from recent years. We’ve been looking at each conference’s best players of the last decade, taking the time to break down the recent stars from all 32 of the current conferences. While that means we’ve already looked at prominent leagues like the ACC, Big 12, and Big East, we’re looking at the less prominent ones as well.

It’s the Big Sky that gets our focus today and there are plenty of names to share that most fans might not know or remember hearing about. Nobody really dominates Big Sky Basketball, though programs like Eastern Washington and Montana have had some great runs in recent years. Montana State is another program that’s emerged in recent years. These three will have plenty of representation, but they certainly aren’t alone.

Before we begin the list, it’s important to remember that we’re only considering the last ten seasons of play in the Big Sky. Some of these players had experience in other leagues or at other levels of college athletics, but their seasons in the Big Sky are the only ones being considered. While it’s true that we aren’t regularly getting household names from the Idaho and Sacramento States of the world, there’s still plenty of intrigue in these next twenty-five names.