Boum Tho!
Player of the Week: (Xavier) Best transfer in the nation? He sure is playing like it. At the beginning of the season and seemed like they would be top candidates to lead Xavier in scoring. In comes Boum from UTEP. The 6’3 guard is shooting the lights out and is coming off a great start…
Mount Whitmore
Player of the Week: (Villanova) The five-star freshman is fully healthy ready to cause some problems in the Big East. Villanova is 3-0 since his debut against Oklahoma and he has led the Wildcats in scoring the last two games. He has yet to start a game, but he has been extremely efficient off the…
Wrecking Ball
Player of the Week: (Villanova) Villanova hasn’t had an ideal start to the season, but credit must be given to Eric Dixon. He has stepped up in an indescribable way doing everything he can to help his team win. Last year Dixon averaged 9.1 points per game. In four games to start this season, he’s…
Newton’s Law
Player of the Week: (Connecticutt) Transferring in from East Carolina, Newton was given the difficult task to fill the shoes of R.J. Cole at the point guard position. There’s no question he was an elite player last year in the American Athletic Conference averaging 17.7 points per game, but it begged the question whether he…
Rhoden Rage
Player of the Week: (Seton Hall) Another solid week for the Pirates inside the Big East with Rhoden leading the charge. He now sits at fourth in the conference averaging 16.1 points per game. In their last game against Butler, Rhoden scored career high 30 points in the big win over Xavier. He played efficiently…
Champagnie Wishes
Player of the Week: (Saint John’s) Another entertaining week in the Big East and Champagnie is the first player to get player of the week twice this season here on the Big East Blog. He returned for another season with the Red Storm to increase his draft stock and he is doing just that. Currently…
Dixon Shining for Villanova
Player of the Week: (Villanova) Villanova has been playing small ball the entire season with Dixon, 6’8”, being the tallest player in the starting lineup. Star guard went to the locker room after spraining his left ankle, which meant another Wildcat had to step up with UConn coming back into the game. Dixon came out…
Marquette’s Golden Freshman
Player of the Week: , Marquette Coming into Marquette as a freshman last season, Lewis made an immediate impact off the bench. Now he is arguably one of the most improved players in the Big East leading Marquette in scoring and rebounds. The red-shirt freshman earns player of the week for his performance in the…
Creighton Late Bloomer
Player of the Week: ,Creighton After getting career high 22 points against Xavier a week ago, O’Connell came out and broke that record against DePaul with a new career high 28 points. He was leading Creighton in scoring until only getting six points in their recent win over DePaul. The former Duke Blue Devil has…
The Adama-Nator
Player of the Week (UConn) After dealing with an abdominal injury in early December, Sanogo (pictured) is back making a huge impact for the Huskies. He is coming off a monster game in the team’s win over Saint Johns, in overtime. The big man played a career high 40 minutes leading to a double-double. He…
Champagnie Poppin’
Player of the Week: (Saint John’s) It was only a matter of time until Champagnie (pictured) earned player of the week. He has been fighting for the #1 scoring position all season after winning that title last year. He earns player of the week after the performance he had against DePaul. This was his first…
Rhoden Warrior
Player of the Week: , Seton Hall Rhoden stood out for the hall in both games this week with not only points but contributing with assists and rebounds as well. In their loss to Villanova, Rhoden tallied 13/6/2 and also tallied 2 blokcs and 2 steals. Agsint Butler Rhoden helped the Pirates pull out the…
Model of Conn-sistency
Player of the Week (UConn) Tyrese Martin (pictured) is the first Husky to become the player of the week here on the Big East blog since James Bouknight dropped 40 points in their overtime loss last season against Creighton. It was up in the air at the beginning season who would become the go-to player…
Still the Beasts of the Big East
Player of the Week (Xavier) Xavier basketball continues to impress, now being ranked No. 18 in the nation. Their bench depth is one of the best in the conference especially now with healthy and back in the starting rotation. Odom is 7th on the team in scoring averaging 7 points per game. In their recent…
Hoya Destroya
Player of the Week (Georgetown) The Georgetown freshman is really beginning to hit his stride. Georgetown opened up Big East play with a huge win against Syracuse and Muhammed went for 23 points, and also added 13 rebounds and 5 assists. Muhammed is averaging 15 ppg and 8.7 boards and also knocking down 40% from…
Super Senior
Player of the Week (Villanova) In the battle of Philadelphia, Gillespie was the star of the city leading Villanova in scoring all three games over La Salle, UPenn and Saint Joe’s. In his last four games he is shooting 52% from the three making five in their last game against Saint Joe’s. He scored his…
X-Men: Holding Down the Fort
Player of the Week (Xavier) This week’s player of the week was a tough decision after several players had sensational performances. The biggest eye catcher had to be Johnson’s 30-point domination in Xavier’s win over Virginia Tech. The Musketeers were without starters Colby Jones, Jerome Hunter and Dieonte Miles. This meant someone had to step…
Give Me Liberty!
Player of the Week (DePaul) DePaul basketball is 4-0! Why? Freeman-Liberty has been playing like an All-Big East player dropping career high 33 points in their most recent win over Western Illinois. He has played 80 minutes in the Blue Demon’s past two games carrying a heavy load for this team. Freeman-Liberty was not selected…