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New and Improved Hilltopper
Mid Major Player of the Week The 6’11 junior for Western Kentucky has had himself a breakout season thus far. Bassey helped propel his team to back to back wins over Middle Tennessee with big double double performances. Bassey registered 16 points for the Hiltoppers in a recent game against MTU, as well as 12…
Orange Crush
Player of the Week (Tennessee) — The 6-foot-5, 186-pound freshman guard went off in their recent games at Ole Miss and at Kentucky. In the matchup with the Wildcats, Johnson managed to get the ball to hit twine with ease as he reeled in a season-high 27 points. This included nailing 9-of-11 attempts from the…
UNC’s One True Love
Player of the Week , PG, North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina loses their Tobacco Road rivalry against Duke if Caleb Love plays anything like the way he played for 90% of the season. However, the 6’4 freshman showed out and showed off his perimeter game for one of the first times all season. He…
Bear Market
Player of the Week , Baylor In Baylor’s most important game of the season, Mitchell was at his best. He scored a game-high 27 points, added four assists and a steal to help propel No. 2 Baylor over No. 6 Texas 83-69. This win essentially secures the regular season title for the Bears, who are…
Keve To My Heart
Player of the Week , SF/PF, #16 Virginia Tech Hokies In the aftermath of Tyrece Radford’s suspension, someone had to step up for the Hokies and with a matchup with #8 Virginia coming up, Aluma did just that. He exploded for 29 points and 10 rebounds on 10-15 shooting, including 2-3 from deep. The Hokies…
High Castle
Player of the Week (Florida) — The towering 6-foot-11, 231-pound junior forward posted an average of 17 points, six rebounds and three blocks against Vanderbilt and at No. 11 West Virginia. He shot 70.6% from the field and 90.9% from the charity stripe where he missed just one of those attempts. In a tough matchup…
Fight Club
Player of the Week , Illinois This is Dosunmu’s second consecutive week getting this nomination, and with good reason. The junior from Chicago started the week in a February 2nd matchup with Indiana, where he struggled immensely, shooting 2-11 from the field and fouling out late in the game. But, while he struggled, this was…
Fighting Illin-Ayo
Player of the Week , Illinois On Friday, Dosunmu and 19th-ranked Illinois squared up with 7th-ranked Iowa in a matchup of two of the most talented teams not only in the conference but entire country. The junior from Chicago was the best player on the floor, going for 25 points and 4 assists on 11-18…
White Hot Blue Jay
Player of the Week (Creighton) The player of the week deserves to go out to Mitch Ballock after his performance against Seton Hall. The nets were getting torched after he hit seven threes in Creighton’s win over Seton Hall. The game was tied at 81 a piece when he came down and hit a clutch…
Tech Savvy
Player of the Week , PG, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Usually when a player is recognized in the midst of a two-game losing streak, it comes a little bit later in the blog, but Alvarado’s performances in losing efforts were truly something to behold. The Yellow Jackets would have lost by a lot more against…
Dru Up
Player of the Week (Missouri) — The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior guard has proven himself repeatedly that he is the leader of this Tiger squad. In their last two matches—both conference games— he averaged 17 points, four rebounds and 2.5 assists while committing only two combined turnovers in back-to-back victories over South Carolina and at No.…
Here Comes McBride
Player of the Week , West Virginia No. 11 West Virginia needed every one of McBride’s season-high 24 points in their 88-87 win over No. 10 Texas Tech. With just six seconds remaining, McBride hit a running layup over the outstretched arms of two Red Raider defenders. In addition, he defended well on the last…
Pitt Boss
Player of the Week , SF, Pittsburgh Panthers The season Justin Champagnie is having is almost unbelievable at this point. He enjoyed a solid freshman season, but not even the most die-hard Panthers fans could have predicted the emergence of their star sophomore. Champagnie is averaging 20 points, 13 rebounds, and over one block and…
Runnin’ Down a Dream
Player of the Week Jr. (Alabama) — This week, the 6-foot-5, 184-pound senior guard averaged 20.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 made threes. The Tide’s vet drilled 15-of-25 from the floor and went 9-of-16 from 3-point land in back-to-back victories at Kentucky and over Arkansas. With those nine threes, Petty took the throne by holding…
Creighton Firepower
Player of the Week (Creighton) Although Creighton lost after their poor performance against Butler, Mahoney still did everything he could to help his team. was out again for the Blue Jays so this left Mahoney the opportunity yet again to perform at a higher level. He scored career high 29 points in their matchup against…
“Luka” The Draw
Player of the Week , (Sr., Iowa) The most dominant player in college basketball was back at it again this week, doing what he does best: controlling the paint on both sides of the court. On January 10th, Garza and the Hawkeyes matched up with then-#16 Minnesota for the first time since the Gophers handed…
Hauser Power
Player of the Week Sam Hauser, SF/PF, #18 Virginia Cavaliers A lot of these blogs focus on incredible stats and crucial victories, but the consistency of Sam Hauser is earning him this week’s player of the week. Every ACC team has had ups and downs and struggled to remain consistent, but Sam Hauser and the…
Return of the Mac
Player of the Week , Texas Tech Texas had won six games in a row and beaten three top 15 teams this season. Ranked fourth in the country, Shaka Smart’s group was rolling and looked like a true contender for the national title. Then they played Mac McClung, who got red hot for his Red…