Bringing Home the Bacot
Player of the Week: , PF/C, North Carolina Tar Heels Man, did the Tar Heels need a week like this. It started with a 100-point outburst against The Citadel to earn their students free biscuits and ended with a comeback overtime victory over a ranked opponent in Ohio State. Their star center recorded 10 or…
Story of a Hurricaine
Player of the Week , No. 25 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Wong wasn’t just the best player in the ACC this week, he had an argument for the best player in college basketball. The senior guard headlined a shootout victory over Cornell with 36 points and six assists and followed it up with 22 points and…
Mutts-Watch Player
Player of the Week: , SF/PF, Virginia Tech Hokies Mutts has always been known as the unsung hero and glue guy for the Hokies, making winning plays without getting the worthy recognition. That all changes this week. In a decisive win over former No. 1 North Carolina, the super senior scored 27 points and grabbed…
Joining Forces
Player of the Week: , PG, NC State Wolfpack It was leading the (wolf)pack last week, but Jarkel Joiner (pictured) proved this week that Smith is not alone in the backcourt. The Ole Miss transfer led the team in scoring in the final two matchups of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament while Smith struggled to…
Leader of the Pack
Player of the Week: , PG/SG, NC State Wolfpack One of the biggest surprises of the 2022 NBA Draft build up was the decision by standout freshman Terquavion Smith to return to NC State for another season. He Was not convinced that he was a lock to be a late-first round pick, so he made…
Money Mo’
Player of the Week: , SG/SF, #7 Duke Blue Devils There are several stars on the Blue Devils roster, but none are playing as well as Wendell Moore over the last two games. The junior guard led the team in scoring as they managed to hold off Wake Forest and added 16 points, 5 rebounds…
Shake and Bacot
Player of the Week: , C, North Carolina Tar Heels The Tar Heels needed a bounce-back week in a big way after Duke humiliated them last Saturday, and they got just that thanks to their stellar big man. The junior center led his team to victories over Clemson and Florida State to remain in the…
Yo Adrian!
Player of the Week: , SF, #7 Duke Blue Devils The incredible emergence of AJ Griffin continued this week with a pair of stellar performances to launch his team to the top of the ACC standings. North Carolina had no answers for the 6’6 freshman who got whatever he wanted on the offensive end. Griffin…
Floor General Mills
Player of the Week: , PG/SG, Florida State Seminoles What a week it was Leonard Hamilton and the ‘Noles. Three wins in five days, including an upset win over #6 Duke, put this team back on the national radar and Caleb Mills propelled them to victory with clutch shots all week. With 8 points in…
Party Crasher
Player of the Week: , PG, Miami Hurricanes Moore led the ‘Canes into Cameron Indoor Stadium and helped his team walk out with a win thanks to his late-game heroics. He missed a chunk of time in the second half with foul trouble, but returned just in time to assist a go-ahead three-pointer with 2…
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…