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…
Tasty Morsell
Player of the Week (Marquette) Morsell comes into the Big East after playing four seasons with the Maryland Terrapins. Not be known for his offensive abilities, Morsell is currently second in scoring across the Big East averaging 22.7 points per game. He just dropped 21 points in a big win over No. 10 Illinois, a…
Dawson’s Creek Flowing
Player of the Week (Marquette) I don’t know who deserves the Big East freshman of the year award more than Dawson Garcia. He leads Marquette in scoring at 13.2 points per game, outstanding for a freshman who is on a team that is right around .500. He has been key for the Golden Eagles, especially…
Zach Attack
Player of the Week (Xavier) It seems to be a reoccurring theme for the Big East this year with players recording career highs every week. The player of the week goes to Zach Freemantle after his dominating 30 point, 15 rebound game. Xavier lost the game, but it was still a sensational performance from him.…
Confidence Booster
Player of the Week (Villanova) Jermaine Samuels had himself a day in Villanova game against Georgetown dropping a career high 32 points. He typically is a role player for Villanova, especially on the defensive end, having only two points in their previous game. He shot 85.7% from the three and brought in 6 rebounds, 3…
White Hot Blue Jay
Player of the Week (Creighton) The player of the week deserves to go out to Mitch Ballock after his performance against Seton Hall. The nets were getting torched after he hit seven threes in Creighton’s win over Seton Hall. The game was tied at 81 a piece when he came down and hit a clutch…
Creighton Firepower
Player of the Week (Creighton) Although Creighton lost after their poor performance against Butler, Mahoney still did everything he could to help his team. was out again for the Blue Jays so this left Mahoney the opportunity yet again to perform at a higher level. He scored career high 29 points in their matchup against…