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

There are countless stories spun and told with each passing day in the college basketball universe. We all know about the most famous and successful players, programs, and coaches, especially the ones victorious in the NCAA Tournament. We don’t all know most of the stories of the regular college basketball players, putting in countless hours each week perfecting their craft and hoping to gain but a moment of that glory.

In this series, which is finally nearing its end, we’ve been telling some of these stories by looking closely at each conference’s best players of the last ten seasons. Some players were already household names, like the recent stars of the ACC, Big Ten, or Big 12, while others certainly fly under the radar, even from this past season alone. Today’s focus is on a few of those players that most fans might not remember or have known.

Our focus turns towards Southland Basketball. a league of mid-major schools mostly from Texas and Louisiana. Stephen F. Austin was by far the most successful program of the last decade, though they did leave the conference just a few seasons ago. Frankly, the league looks a fair bit different today than ten seasons ago, but that doesn’t take away from the accomplishments of these players, representing a dozen universities in this conference.

As we get into the meat and bones of the article, let’s remember how this series has worked. We’re only considering players from the last ten years. This means that a player’s career could have started prior to 2013, but those seasons aren’t technically included in today’s ranking. The same holds true for those players who spent time at other schools in other leagues; we’ll touch on those years but not really dive into those accomplishments. With that in mind, here are twenty-five of the Southland’s best since 2013.