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

By Joey Loose

Mar 19, 2015; Jacksonville, FL, USA; The Georgia State Panthers bench surrounds Panthers guard R.J. Hunter (22) after their victory over the Baylor Bears in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Jacksonville Veteran Memorial Arena.Georgia State defeated Baylor 57-56 on Hunter's three point basket with 2.8 second left in the game. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 19, 2015; Jacksonville, FL, USA; The Georgia State Panthers bench surrounds Panthers guard R.J. Hunter (22) after their victory over the Baylor Bears in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Jacksonville Veteran Memorial Arena.Georgia State defeated Baylor 57-56 on Hunter's three point basket with 2.8 second left in the game. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sun Belt Basketball Marshall Thundering Herd guard Andrew Taylor Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
Sun Belt Basketball Marshall Thundering Herd guard Andrew Taylor Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /

24. Andrew Taylor

Taylor is a 6’3 guard from Corbin, Kentucky who has demonstrated his talent on the basketball court. His college career began back in 2019 at Marshall where he’d spend the next four seasons. Taylor was an important backcourt presence with the Thundering Herd, but the program only just joined the Sun Belt in 2022. We’re only considering Taylor’s senior season with today’s inclusion, but he did more than enough to justify our focus.

Emerging as a great piece earlier in his career, Taylor was an outstanding point guard for Marshall in a great season for the program. In their first year in the new conference, the Thundering Herd won 24 games and finished in 2nd place in the Sun Belt. Taylor averaged 20.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 4.7 assists, putting up considerable improved numbers and being a major leader for the program, including a career-high 33 points against Coastal Carolina.

Named First Team All-Sun Belt, Taylor certainly made a great first impression in Marshall’s new league, continuing his charge as a leader for this program. He finished 2nd in the league in scoring, 3rd in assists per game and led the conference in steals. Few point guards in the nation put up those kinds of numbers for any program, especially one that made a 12-win improvement. Taking advantage of his bonus year from the pandemic, Taylor will finish his career next year at Mississippi State in the SEC.