PINE BLUFF, Arkansas -- In the college basketball landscape, there are a few conferences who often appear to be overmatched against the bigger schools, with the SWAC being one of them. It consists entirely of historically black colleges usually struggles to make ends meet. The teams in the conference have a smaller athletic budget than virtually every other major conference and most mid-major conferences. The players in the SWAC conference do fight an uphill battle to get respect in the college basketball landscape. Despite all that the conference does have some great players who don’t get noticed as much as they should.
Arkansas Pine Bluff had a decent season in the SWAC conference last year. Even though they were eliminated in the conference tournament, the Golden Lions are still able to claim they own the current player of the year in the conference. Martaveous McKnight is the best player in the SWAC conference, and virtually no one has heard of him.
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