Player of the Week

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- UCLA senior Alfred Aboya has been named the U.S. Bank Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 2 - Feb. 8, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.

Aboya led UCLA to victories over crosstown rival USC, 76-60, on Feb. 4 and Notre Dame, 89-63, on Feb. 7, outscoring opponents by 42 points combined. The Yaounde, Cameroon, native averaged 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in 25.5 minutes of play, well over his season averages of 9.7 points and 5.7 boards. Aboya has now scored in double figures in a career-best four straight games.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aubrey Coleman, Houston

Junior, G, Houston, Texas

As we get closer to Selection Sunday, standout performances are starting to pop up all over the country, and not just from the usual suspects. With so many teams attempting to make statements with marquee wins, there are plenty of opportunities for players to earn Player of the Week consideration.

 

John Bryant - Santa Clara (22 ppg, 17.5 rpg in 2 wins)

Toney Douglas - FSU (22 ppg in wins over GT, Clemson)

Jack McClinton - Miami (33 ppg vs Duke & Wake)

Evan Turner - Ohio St (22 ppg, 11 rpg in 2 wins)

Other (Cunningham, Thabeet, etc, Discuss Below..)

Kenny Hasbrouck – Siena

2 Game Averages: 27 points, 3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals, 58.8% FG, 46.2% 3P FG

 

IRVING, Texas - Denis Clemente (Kansas State) and Willie Warren (Oklahoma) have been selected as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Rookie of the Week for Jan. 26 - 31 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. It is the first weekly honor for Clemente and the fifth for Warren.

 

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Denis Clemente, Kansas State, G, Jr., 6-1, 175, Bayamon, Puerto Rico/Calusa Prep/Miami (Fla.)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - South Carolina's Devan Downey was named the SEC Player of the Week after averaging 20.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.5 steals in leading the Gamecocks to wins over Vanderbilt and at Kentucky in league play last week. Downey tallied 18 points, while adding four assists and a team-best three steals in the Gamecock victory over Vanderbilt on Wednesday. Downey backed that up with one of his top performances of the season in Carolina's upset of then-No. 24 Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Saturday when he tallied 23 points, four assists and four steals in the victory.

The last full week of January always means two things: the NFL gets pushed to the back-burner for the first time in over five months and, more importantly, college basketball is about to enter its stretch run. The pretenders and contenders are starting to separate themselves, and conference play is really heating up. This week was arguably the most significant week of the season thus far, as favorites in several conferences began to assert themselves, and the No. 1 team in the country lost yet again.

With other sports mercifully coming to an end, basketball is now taking its rightful place atop the sports landscape. Thanks to this week's Player of the Week, the national media had reason to give college hoops a serious look.