Giving them the Biz
Player of the Week , Butler Finley Bizjack earned Big East Player of the Week honors after helping Butler extend its winning streak to three games with victories over Marquette and DePaul. Bizjack was the clear standout in both contests, averaging 26 points while shooting 54.1 percent from the field and 46.6 percent from three-point…
Planet Karaban
Player of the Week , UConn Huskies Planet Karaban, an ode to Ozzy Osbourne (RIP Ozzy) and Black Sabbath’s song Planet Caravan, continues to orbit steadily at the center of UConn’s offense. While his season averages (13.9 points, 5.3 rebounds) are slightly down from past years, Karaban has elevated his play over the last week.…
Once a Bulldog….
Player of the Week , Butler Michael Ajayi (pictured) has switched Bulldog allegiances from Gonzaga to Butler and become a consistent force for the team this season and a major reason for their success. He is averaging 16.5 points per game, ranking second on the team, while leading the Bulldogs in rebounds at 11.5 per…
An Early Christmas Carroll
Player of the Week: , Xavier Tre Carroll earns our Big East Player of the Week and was also officially named the conference’s Big East Player of the Week after continuing his strong start as Xavier’s go-to scorer. He is averaging 17.3 points per game on 48.6 percent shooting from the field and 37.5 percent…
Storm Brewing
Player of the Week , St. John’s Preseason Big East Player of the Year Zuby Ejiofor has delivered despite St. John’s disappointing 4-3 start. Through seven games, Ejiofor is averaging 15.6 points on 59 percent shooting and 42.9 percent from three, while also leading the Red Storm in rebounds at 6.6 per game and ranking…
The Karaban Caravan
Player of the Week , UConn Huskies What a week it was for the Huskies, as they’ve completely solidified themselves as an at-large no matter what happens in the Big East tournament and picked up their biggest win since the national championship on Thursday. Alex Karaban has had an off and on season. I distinctly…
Red Storm Looming
Player of the Week: , Saint John’s Red Storm This could have been the entire starting lineup, honestly. The Red Storm continued their dominance at home during a Sunday matinee against UConn (a team that refers to MSG as “Storrs North”), with a wire-to-wire dominant win. UConn couldn’t weather the storm at all, and Ejiofor…
Pack Leader
Player of the Week: , UConn A career-high 38 points from McNeeley that leads to one big question: how did this guy play on the same team as Cooper Flagg? I mean it seems unfair in retrospect that the two most lethal scoring freshmen were on the same high school roster. McNeeley has been the…
Solo Ball, Team Player
Player of the Week: , UConn Another huge win for the Huskies this week who seem to be figuring it out at exactly the right time… just when you think they’re down and out, they get right back up. Solo Ball (best name in the sport by the way) had a cold-blooded performance on the…
Sky High Jamiya
Player of the Week: , Creighton Blue Jays Creighton has proven to be the kryptonite of the UConn Huskies over the past few seasons, which showed in their win at Gampel on Saturday, ending the Huskies 24 game home winning streak. Jamiya Neal was excellent for the Jays; flashing all sorts of timely scoring prowess…
Storm on the Horizon
Player of the Week: Jr., Saint John’s Red Storm The Storm haven’t been talked about a lot in national media, Marquette and UConn steal most of the spotlight from the conference, but they’ve been great this year, and RJ Luis has been an excellent (and very draftable) player for them. Luis is more of an…Fly, Eagles, Fly
Player of the Week: , Marquette Golden Eagles Jones was recently ranked number two in the power rankings for NPOY by Bleacher Report’s college basketball page, and he made a statement to prove them right against Wisconsin. The 6’5 senior was absolutely clinical in the second half of a huge win last Saturday in Marquette’s…
Spreading His Wings
Player of the Week: , Creighton Blue Jays The Blue Jays have been one of the more confusing teams in college basketball this season. Head scratching losses and gutsy, excellent wins have both been happening frequently this year, as they’re 9-5 now with a win over number one Kansas and a loss to a pretty…
Liam McFlurry
Player of the Week: , UConn 5 star does as 5 stars do. McNeeley has been a monumental freshman playmaker for the Huskies this season, and over the last 2 weeks has shown why him and Cooper Flagg were the most dynamic and destructive senior duo in high school hoops last year. It started with…
Fly, Eagles, Fly
Player of the Week: , Marquette Golden Eagles Jones was recently ranked number two in the power rankings for NPOY by Bleacher Report’s college basketball page, and he made a statement to prove them right against Wisconsin. The 6’5 senior was absolutely clinical in the second half of a huge win last Saturday in Marquette’s…
Villanova’s Wrecking Ball
Player of the Week , Villanova Wildcats There’s not much left to say about the burly, 255 pound forward’s start to the year for the Wildcats. He’s having one of the best starts for a Nova player in a number seasons, putting himself in the NPOY conversation. He’s become one of the most dominant offensive…
Focused Golden Eagle
Player of the Week: , Marquette Golden Eagles Last week, I made some power rankings about the best players in the conference, who might win what, etc. I said, in that article, that Kam Jones is absolutely a bucket getter but his scoring numbers will start to come down after a hot first week against…
Mercy Rule
Player of the Week , Creighton Blue Jays Kalkbrenner is having a statistically marvelous start to the year. In three games thus far, he’s missed 3 shots from the field and 2 free throws. He’s averaging 30 points per game. Now, again, putting up better statistics than prime Shaq is not going to be sustainable.…