Mountain West Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

There seems to be no shortage of the memories made in college basketball. What we remember most about each season is who cut down the nets or made the big impressions during March Madness, but the sport is about more than just that. The comeback stories, the heartbreaking endings, and every moment good and bad from November to early April compels the college basketball universe.

Today we’ll be presenting the next part of a long-running series, one that’s focused on the best players of the last decade from each conference. This task is more difficult than it appears to the naked eye, especially when we’re considering all 32 of the current conferences in the sport. Leagues like the ACC or Big Ten were full of household names, many now starring in the NBA, but it’s not the same in every league.

Mountain West Basketball is certainly one of the top mid-major conferences in the nation, producing multiple bids to the NCAA Tournament on a regular basis. It’s a league that’s seen programs like Colorado State, Nevada, and Utah State have excellent performances in recent years, though none can really compare to San Diego State, with the Aztecs marching to last season’s national championship game. There are eleven solid programs in the MWC and we’re getting a solid taste of most of them in today’s piece.

Remember that this is about the best individual players from just the last ten seasons, meaning players and seasons from before then will not be included. Obviously, a player whose career began more than ten years ago will still be considered if it finished after 2013. The same is true about those who started or ended their career at different schools in different conferences, though only their time in the MWC will matter today. With some impressive players to look at, let’s just start running through the names.