Trey-ning Day
Player of the Week (Creighton) Trey Alexander started the New Year with a bang against Georgetown on Tuesday, scoring 25 points on 64.7 percent shooting from the field, including shooting 60 percent from beyond the arc. The junior guard also brought in five assists and four rebounds in the Bluejays victory. Prior to the 25-point…
Pirate’s Life
Player of the Week (Seton Hall) Christmas came early for Kadary Richmond and the Seton Hall Pirates this week. Richmond led the way for the Pirates in their upset victory over No. 5 UConn on Wednesday. The senior poured in 23 points, six rebounds and five assists — but the most staggering stat from that…
Mr. Cincy, Quincy Olivari
Player of the Week (Xavier) While Xavier continues to try and get on the right track this season, Quincy Olivari has been a bright spot thus far. The Rice transfer is averaging 17.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists with his new team. Olivari has turned up the scoring as of late, averaging 30.5 points…
He’s Crafty
Player of the Week (Marquette) Tyler Kolek has been heating up as of late as Marquette battles through its tumultuous early-season schedule. Over his last four games, Kolek has averaged 19.3 points, including a 28-point performance in the win over No. 12 Texas on Wednesday. The senior has been doing it all for the Golden…
Clingan to Winning Ways
Player of the Week (UConn) The 7-foot-2 sophomore has been leading the way as the big man for the defending champion Connecticut Huskies this season. Clingan is averaging 15 points 6 rebounds this year but has turned up the scoring at the end of November. The Bristol, Connecticut, native may not log the most minutes,…
Big East Feasting
Player of the Week: , Villanova Previously being on our top five most improved Big East players list, Dixon dropped a career high 31 points in the team’s recent win over Creighton. His 31 points was the highest scored by a Villanova player all season and the first 30-point game by a Wildcat since Collin…
Addae to Remember
Player of the Week: (Saint John’s) Addae-Wusu just played the best game of his life, becoming the clutch performer for the Red Storm, a position that he normally is not in. In Saint John’s recent win over DePaul, he hit a game tying three pointer with 0.5 seconds to force overtime. In this game he…
Bryce is Nice
Player of the Week: (Providence) From being a bench player last year getting just 6.4 minutes a game, to now leading his team in both points and rebounds per game, Hopkins is easily one of the inspirational stories in college basketball. In their last game against Saint John’s, he scored 29 points tying his previous…
Blue Jay Taking Flight
Player of the Week: , Creighton Earlier this year Alexander displayed his explosiveness scoring 32 points against DePaul, good enough for his new career high. This past week he did nearly the same with an impressive 27 points against Villanova. He sits second in the team in scoring averaging 13.5 points a game. He’s continually…
Hawkeye
Player of the week: (UConn) The Big East effect is clearly taking a large toll on UConn, but it hasn’t halted Hawkins’ production. He’s averaging 23 points a game in the last four scoring 28 in the last game versus Xavier where he shot 50% from three. The Huskies will need another player to step…
Off the Schneid
Player of the Week: (Georgetown) The Hoyas finally won a conference game after 29 straight losses spanning nearly two seasons, with their win over DePaul last week. While Georgetown did not win any games this week, Spears has to be recognized for his efforts. In their recent loss to Xavier, Spears put up career high…
Lowering the Boum on the Big East!
Player of the Week: (Xavier) Leader of the best team and the highest scorer in the Big East, Boum is playing like one of the top guards in the nation. Transferring in from UTEP, Boum has the extra spark that Xavier needed. Their starting five is now compiled of five talented players who can all…
Free Musketeers
Player of the Week: (Xavier) A big reason for Xavier’s success is that they have arguably four All-Big East First team candidates. Freemantle is the best player on this roster and here’s why. Standing at 6-9, Freemantle has the skills of a guard being able to knock down the three. He doesn’t shoot it much…
Gibson Rocking
Player of the Week: (DePaul) After leading Oklahoma last season with 26 double-digit point games, Gibson is coming of a DePaul career high 31 points against Georgetown. The point total in this game is tied for the third-most by any Big East player this season in a single contest. He led the way to help…
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…