Dead-eye of the Hurricane
Player of the Week: , PG, Miami Hurricanes Don’t sleep on the Miami Hurricanes. They last made the tournament in 2019 and took some team named Loyola-Chicago to the death in the first round. They are well equipped to earn another top six seed and potentially even better with how weak the ACC is this…
Ushering in a New Era
Player of the Week , SG/SF, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Yellow Jackets needed someone other than to emerge if they were going to avoid a home loss to Georgia State for the second season in a row. Jordan Usher rose to the occasion. With Devoe struggling and eventually fouled out of the game, Usher…
Fearless Frosh
Player of the Week , SG/PG, Notre Dame Fighting Irish Wesley was recently inserted into the starting line up and quickly became Notre Dame’s primary ball handler. He has shown a willingness to get teammates involved, looking to pass first and wait for good shots to come his way. With 11 seconds left and the…
Love Actually
Player of the Week: , PG/SG, North Carolina Tar Heels Hubert Davis hinted that we would see a different version of Carolina’s backcourt this season. Boy, was he right? exploded for 23 points against Georgia Tech, but the sophomore resurgence of Love is the true story of the season so far in Chapel Hill. The…
Take it to the “Banch-ero”
Player of the Week , PF, #5 Duke Blue Devils Nobody in the nation had a better week from a collegiate standpoint or a draft standpoint than Paolo Banchero. He elevated the Blue Devils over the top-ranked team in the country AND showed out against , his biggest competition for the top pick this summer.…
Devoe-ted
Player of the Week , PG/SG, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets When you lose an ACC Player of the Year like Moses Wright and a fearless leader like Jose Alvarado, it is tough to bounce back the next season, especially if your team’s name is not Duke, North Carolina, or Virginia. Luckily for the Georgia Tech…
Bright Lights Performance
Player of the Week , PG/SG, #9 Duke Blue Devils Nobody improved their draft stock more on opening night than Trevor Keels against #10 Kentucky. Most of the hype for this freshman class in Durham was directed at Paolo Banchero and AJ Griffin, but Keels shined the brightest at Madison Square Garden by dropping 25…
The Wright Stuff
Player of the Week , SF/PF, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Josh Pastner’s squad is comfortably in the NCAA Tournament field after a six-game winning streak and Moses Wright’s play down the stretch is the biggest reason why. The Yellow Jackets finished their season on this impressive streak and secured a double-bye in the ACC Tournament…
Poster Boy
Player of the Week , PF/C, #11 Florida State Seminoles There will always be players who come in and put up better stats than Gray every single week, but his consistency and impact is greater than anyone in the conference despite the low statistical numbers. Gray has now scored in double figures more times in…
ACC Cream of the Crop
Player of the Week , SG, #16 Florida State Seminoles After a two week absence due to COVID-19, the Seminoles could not afford any rust with two games in three days and Walker made sure that did not happen. After a scare against Wake Forest on Saturday, Walker led the Seminoles to a dominating win…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Looking Sharpe
Player of the Week , PF/C, North Carolina Tar Heels A new star big man is emerging in Chapel Hill and this time it is true freshman Day’Ron Sharpe (pictured). An 0-2 start to ACC play could have become a lot worse for the Tar Heels if it were not for Sharpe and his crucial…
Red State
Player of the Week , PG, Louisville Cardinals Johnson does not wow with stats or take over games with streaky shooting, but he is the model of consistency and the engine that helps this 6-1 Louisville team go. The sophomore point guard is averaging 13.6 points, six rebounds, and four assists per game for the…
All I Want for Christmas….
Player of the Week ,SF/PF, #15 Florida State Seminoles After a tremendous season came to an abrupt halt for the Seminoles last year, many thought Leonard Hamilton missed his chance to take his team all the way. But as the great Lee Corso likes to say, not so fast my friend. The Noles returned a…