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

While March Madness might be the most exciting time of the college basketball season, it’s far from the only important moment in the sport. There’s something happening in basketball in all twelve months of the year, from actual games to recruiting trips to those hours where these players continue to get better. We remember the buzzer beaters and the upsets and the big time performances, but there’s far more to the sport than just the headlines.

This article series has spent a lot of time looking beyond those headlines, as we’ve been focused on the best players of the last decade from each and every conference in the country. With leagues like the Big Ten or SEC, these are names that most people already know, but that’s not the case with many of the other conferences. Sure, there are recognizable faces in practically every league, but you’d be hard-pressed to get the average fan to remember a mid-major league’s best faces.

Today’s mid-major focus is on the WAC, a league that has been in the firm grasp of New Mexico State for much of the last decade. It’s a conference that’s had significant change in recent years with realignment, and currently sees programs like Grand Canyon, Stephen F. Austin, and Utah Valley as some of its top programs. We’ll be focusing on a number of those Aggies and their conference titles, but there’s a wide variety of WAC Basketball names in today’s list.

We’ll run through these players shortly, but it’s important to remember exactly how this works. We’re only focused on players from the last ten seasons, meaning performances from before 2013 are not included. We’ve certainly included players whose careers started before then, but those previous seasons aren’t considered for ranking purposes. The same holds true about seasons in other leagues. Without further ado, let’s run through the WAC’s best of the last ten years.