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…
Pop the Champagnie!
Player of the Week , SG/SF, Pittsburgh Panthers After a stunning loss to St. Francis (PA), the Pitt Panthers looked like they were in for another disappointing season under former Duke assistant Jeff Capel. But the Panthers have runoff three wins in a row including an impressive come from behind victory against the Northwestern Wildcats.…
Hokies Hero
Player of the Week , PF, #16 Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech was one of a few teams in the country who played three or more games this week. Keve Aluma impressed in all three. Aluma is playing his first season for the Hokies after two years at Wofford and a year off in between…
A One-Man Wolfpack
Player of the Week: (Jr., NC State) Daniels, a redshirt junior from Battle Creek, Michigan, added to what has been a successful season with two monster performances for NC State this past week. He led the way for his squad against #6 Duke, putting up 25 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in…
Clockwork Orange
Player of the Week III (Fr., Syracuse) The freshman guard from Glens Falls, NY, who scored more points in his high school career than any other player in the history of New York high school basketball, was balling like it was senior year again this past week. In his two games against NC State and…
Tre-nding Upward
Player of the Week: (So., Duke) While was out with a lingering knee injury for a couple of months, Duke point guard Tre Jones stepped his game up and took Anthony’s place as the top point guard in the ACC for this season. Jones, who was a part of the famous Duke recruiting class featuring…
Hip-Hip, Jose!
Player of the Week (Jr., Georgia Tech) After missing the early portion of the season with an injury which kept him out until the end of December. Alvarado, who coach Josh Pastner referred to as the “quarterback of the team” a while back, is the heart and soul of this Georgia Tech team, along with…
Cash Mooney
Player of the Week (Sr., Notre Dame) It has become increasingly clear with each passing day that John Mooney is one of, if not the most underrated player in not only the ACC, but the entire country. The senior big man has been an absolute savage in the paint and on the glass for the…
Parting the ACC Waters
Player of the Week , junior, Georgia Tech It’s been an interesting year for Josh Pastner and his team so far. They began the season without starting point guard and the go-to playmaker from last year’s team, , who is just now returning from an injury sustained last season and is playing well. In his…
Big Shoes to Fill
Player of the Week Jr., Duke Following a Duke freshman class which included the likes of , , and is certainly no easy task, but big man Vernon Carey Jr. has done his part to help fill the void that was left by their departures for the Blue Devils this season. The 6’10, 270-pound big…
Tech Startup
Player of the Week II (Virginia Tech) In a bit of a slow week for ACC basketball, Nolley II has continued to establish himself as one of the premier scoring wings in not only the ACC, but the entire country, and his production has been one of the pleasant surprises of the season so far.…