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Their turn in the spotlight: an all-mid-major team

You might read a word or two on the subject of Grayson Allen or Michael Porter Jr. next season. Today, however, I want to celebrate 10 high-performance outliers who are the polar opposites of those two guys. The players I'm honoring perform their heroic feats outside the major conferences (shocking, I know) and indeed merit your attention even though they won't be freshmen in 2017-18.

Meet my all-mid-major team. These are my rankings, so I get to make the rules. Namely, I've taken the "Gonzaga and Wichita State aren't real mid-majors" skeptics literally and ruled otherwise no-brainer picks from the Bulldogs and Shockers as ineligible for mention here.