Pac-12 Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

17. Chasson Randle

Randle is a 6’2 combo guard from Rock Island, Illinois who starred for four seasons at Stanford under Johnny Dawkins. Considered a Top 75 recruit in the Class of 2011, he spent nearly his entire career in the Cardinal backcourt as a starter, putting up some pretty nice numbers in those first two seasons. We’re just able to focus on his upperclassman play today, but he took a big step forward as a junior after all.

In that junior season, Randle averaged 18.8 points per game and made 39% of his 3-pointers. He was the leading scorer on a Stanford team that not only won 23 games but advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2014 NCAA Tournament as a 10-seed, upsetting Kansas in the second round. Randle actually put up very similar numbers in his senior season and actually had a career-high 35 points against Rhode Island during the Cardinal’s run to the NIT title, quite the finish to his career.

An anchor in Stanford’s backcourt, Randle took home First Team All-Pac-12 honors in each of those seasons and also named the NIT Most Valuable Player in 2015. He was one of the top scorers in the Pac-12 and played a massive role in the program’s success. Notching both an NIT title and a Sweet Sixteen in the Big Dance cemented Randle’s role not just as a great offensive player, but as a great team leader for the Cardinal.