Newton named Big East Player of the Week

[elmcityboy]

UConn’s Newton Named Player of the Week

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Providence guard Rich Barron has been chosen BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Newton led the No. 1-ranked Huskies to a 2-0 week. Barron set a collegiate scoring high in a road win at DePaul.

www.bigeast.com

figured it was worth starting a new thread! congrats, tristen!!

NEW YORK – Connecticut guard Tristen Newton has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Providence guard Rich Barron has been chosen BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Newton led the No. 1-ranked Huskies to a 2-0 week. Barron set a collegiate scoring high in a road win at DePaul.

BIG EAST Player of the Week
Tristen Newton, UConn, G, Gr. – Newton guided the Huskies to a 2-0 week while averaging 20.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists. The grad student began with game-highs of 16 points, eight boards and five assists in a 62-48 win over No. 18 Creighton. In a 66-65 win at Villanova, Newton scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed six rebounds.

BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Rich Barron, Providence, G, Fr. – Barron returned to his hometown of Chicago, and netted a collegiate career-high 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting in a 100-71 victory at DePaul. He made 2-of-3 from 3-point range. For the season, Barron is shooting 14-of-29 (.483) from beyond the arc.

BIG EAST Honor Roll
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton, C, Sr. – Averaged 19.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.0 blocked shots in a 1-1 week. In a triple OT win at Seton Hall (97-94), had 28 points, nine boards and a career-high seven blocked shots.

Tyler Kolek, Marquette, G, Sr. – Posted a pair of double-doubles in a 2-0 week. Had 21 points and 11 assists in a win over Villanova 87-74 and 15 points and 11 assists in a win at St. John’s (73-72).

Devin Carter, Providence, G, Jr. – Recorded 25 points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals and had no turnovers in a win at DePaul (100-62). Made 8-of-15 from the field and 7-of-7 from the foul line.

Kadary Richmond, Seton Hall, G, Sr. – Achieved the first triple double by a Pirate in a BIG EAST game with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a triple OT loss to Creighton (97-94). Averaged 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.5 steals in a 1-1 week.

Desmond Claude, Xavier, G, So. – Averaged 22.5 points, 6.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week. Netted a career-high 26 points in a win against Butler (85-71) and had 19 points and nine assists in a win over Georgetown (92-91).

on a side note, i understand that richmond getting the second triple-double in seton hall history has some significance, but are we really pretending that he was good in that game? they played three overtimes, so the rebounds and assists are bound to be inflated, and he shot 8-32. putrid efficiency.

 

[SoFla Steve]

It's about time!

 

[elmcityboy]

updated tracker, for those keeping score. if it sounds like i am salty about richmond, it might be because he is likely the frontrunner for conference player of the year if the season ended today.

also, nice of castle to let someone else win freshmen of the week!

Player	Team	POTW	FOTW	Honor Role
Pierre Brooks	Butler			1
Jahmyl Telfort	Butler			2
Jalen Thomas	Butler			1
Trey Alexander	Creighton	1		2
Baylor Scheierman	Creighton	1		1
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Creighton			2
Chico Carter	DePaul			1
Rowan Brumbaugh	Georgetown		1
Dontrez Styles	Georgetown			1
Jayden Epps	Georgetown			1
Kam Jones	Marquette	1
Tyler Kolek	Marquette	1		3
Oso Ighodaro	Marquette			1
Sean Jones	Marquette			1
Devin Carter	PeeCee	1		3
Bryce Hopkins	PeeCee			3
Rich Barron	PeeCee		1
Kadary Richmond	Seton Hall	2		3
Al-Amir Dawes	Seton Hall	1		1
Isaiah Coleman	Seton Hall		2
Joel Soriano	St. John's			4
Brady Dunlap	St. John's			1
Daniss Jenkins	St. John's			1
Donovan Clingan	UConn			1
Stephon Castle	UConn		4
Alex Karaban	UConn			4
Tristen Newton	UConn	1		3
Solomon Ball	UConn		1
Eric Dixon	Villanova	1		2
Tyler Burton	Villanova			1
Desmond Claude	Xavier			3
Lazar Djokovic	Xavier		1
Quincy Olivari	Xavier			3

 

[HooperScooper]

Hey, look at that. The best team in the conference finally gets a POTW!

Voting for the Big East Player of the Year is going to be interesting. There is no clear cut favorite at this point. We'll see if someone breaks from the pack in the next few weeks.

 

[Palatine]

Cam Spenser has never even been honorable mention. Insane.

 

[Kitaman]

Great and well deserved!! To achieve this while being hindered by the refs is amazing.

 

[his dudeness]

Such an impressive performance in front of 20,000 Nova fans. Newton's laid back demeanor turns him into a killer on the road. Unshakable.

 

[ctchamps]

UConn’s Newton Named Player of the Week

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Providence guard Rich Barron has been chosen BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Newton led the No. 1-ranked Huskies to a 2-0 week. Barron set a collegiate scoring high in a road win at DePaul.

www.bigeast.com

figured it was worth starting a new thread! congrats, tristen!!



on a side note, i understand that richmond getting the second triple-double in seton hall history has some significance, but are we really pretending that he was good in that game? they played three overtimes, so the rebounds and assists are bound to be inflated, and he shot 8-32. putrid efficiency.

UConn’s Newton Named Player of the Week

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Providence guard Rich Barron has been chosen BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Newton led the No. 1-ranked Huskies to a 2-0 week. Barron set a collegiate scoring high in a road win at DePaul.

www.bigeast.com

figured it was worth starting a new thread! congrats, tristen!!



on a side note, i understand that richmond getting the second triple-double in seton hall history has some significance, but are we really pretending that he was good in that game? they played three overtimes, so the rebounds and assists are bound to be inflated, and he shot 8-32. putrid efficiency.

Disagree about Kadary. He missed at least eight lay up bunnies partially because he was gassed for a good part of that game. Every one of his attempts were the result of incredible playmaking to get those shots. Creighton was lucky he missed so many easy shots.

 

[HooperScooper]

Cam Spenser Spencer has never even been honorable mention. Insane.

I'm not sure if you use talk to text but you always spell his name with an "s" instead of a "c". He's not Spenser For Hire.

Spencer with a "c"
Tristen with an "e"
Samson with no "p"

I'm not giving up on this. There are only 12 scholarship players. We should be able to spell their names correctly. Except the Greek kid. I'm giving everyone a pass on that one.

 

[imno1]

I'm not sure if you use talk to text but you always spell his name with an "s" instead of a "c". He's not Spenser For Hire.

Spencer with a "c"
Tristen with an "e"
Samson with no "p"

I'm not giving up on this. There are only 12 scholarship players. We should be able to spell their names correctly. Except the Greek kid. I'm giving everyone a pass on that one.

Hopefully the clouds hear you

 

[runner11]

Disagree about Kadary. He missed at least eight lay up bunnies partially because he was gassed for a good part of that game. Every one of his attempts were the result of incredible playmaking to get those shots. Creighton was lucky he missed so many easy shots.

Nearly every one of those shots was affected by Kalkbrenner. If only they were playing 4 on 4.

 

[gsmooth]

Cam Spenser has never even been honorable mention. Insane.

Really a big oversight and miss to be honest. There is no way Cam Spencer shouldn't have at least 2 honorable mentions.

 

[Palatine]

I'm not sure if you use talk to text but you always spell his name with an "s" instead of a "c". He's not Spenser For Hire.

Spencer with a "c"
Tristen with an "e"
Samson with no "p"

I'm not giving up on this. There are only 12 scholarship players. We should be able to spell their names correctly. Except the Greek kid. I'm giving everyone a pass on that one.

He'll get the "C" when he make BE honorable mention and not a second before.

 

[gsmooth]

Nearly every one of those shots was affected by Kalkbrenner. If only they were playing 4 on 4.

Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner. That's what I was telling some people here on the Boneyard and what I was yelling at Tarik Turner, the analyst calling the game, when they keep parroting this line that Richmond blew a bunch of layups or bunnies. That is not true, Richmond didn't blow bunnies-Kalkbrenner affected everyone of his misses, or almost everyone of his misses.

 

[superjohn]

UConn’s Newton Named Player of the Week

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Providence guard Rich Barron has been chosen BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Newton led the No. 1-ranked Huskies to a 2-0 week. Barron set a collegiate scoring high in a road win at DePaul.

www.bigeast.com

figured it was worth starting a new thread! congrats, tristen!!



on a side note, i understand that richmond getting the second triple-double in seton hall history has some significance, but are we really pretending that he was good in that game? they played three overtimes, so the rebounds and assists are bound to be inflated, and he shot 8-32. putrid efficiency.

Kadary was awful in that game.

He was missing point blank layups left and right. Kalkbrenner being in his head isn't a good excuse because he was missing unchallenged layups.

 

[TheShot1990]

He now officially needs a nickname.

Fig?
Sir Isaac?
Newt?
Gravity?

 

[Hagahulk23]

Cam Spenser has never even been honorable mention. Insane.

An absolute travesty. The leading scorer on the best team in the conference hasn’t even made the Big East honor roll yet.

 

[HooperScooper]

Hopefully the clouds hear you

It's perfectly clear here so there are no clouds. Would you continually spell the name of one of your friends wrong? I don't think so. It's not that hard since we talk about all the players on here non-stop.

 

[ctchamps]

Nearly every one of those shots was affected by Kalkbrenner. If only they were playing 4 on 4.

Several shots missed were uncontested. Did Kalkbrenner get into his head. Possibly. The kid is just a beast to stop. Hopefully Donovan has a better game second time around against him. Staying healthy will help.

 

[Mister P]

It's perfectly clear here so there are no clouds. Would you continually spell the name of one of your friends wrong? I don't think so. It's not that hard since we talk about all the players on here non-stop.

I have a friend named Richard whom I text often. I continually spell his name and refer to him as a Dick.

 

[HooperScooper]

I have a friend named Richard whom I text often. I continually spell his name and refer to him as a Dick.

Unless you spelled it Duck I don't see any issue. Unless he spells it another way beside Dick.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

An absolute travesty. The leading scorer on the best team in the conference hasn’t even made the Big East honor roll yet.

“Best team in college basketball”.