BE Weekly Honors

[SoFla Steve]

Castle FOY again. Finally, Cam gets a mention.

 

[CL82]

I wish I had a dollar for every UConn conspiracy theory post on this board. It’s nauseating.

Conspiracy Kitty says:
Of course, that's exactly what someone would say if they were trying to hide a conspiracy.

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[SoFla Steve]

Same as last week!

BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Stephon Castle, UConn, G, Fr. – Castle earns Freshman honors for the eighth time this season. In a 101-65 victory at DePaul, he had 15 points and six assists. Hampered by foul trouble against Marquette, he had three points, three assists and three rebounds. The BIG EAST record for Freshman of the Week honors is 10 set by Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony in 2002-23.

BIG EAST Honor Roll
Cam Spencer, UConn, G, Gr. – Averaged 14.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in a 2-0 week. Shot 50.0 percent from the floor while compiling an 8:1 assist/turnover ratio in a 2-0 week which included a win over No. 4 Marquette (81-53).

 

[TheShot1990]

Spot on observation.

C'mon this was funny. No likes? Ok...I'll give it a like.

 

[HooperScooper]

Same as last week!

BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Stephon Castle, UConn, G, Fr. – Castle earns Freshman honors for the eighth time this season. In a 101-65 victory at DePaul, he had 15 points and six assists. Hampered by foul trouble against Marquette, he had three points, three assists and three rebounds. The BIG EAST record for Freshman of the Week honors is 10 set by Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony in 2002-23.

BIG EAST Honor Roll
Cam Spencer, UConn, G, Gr. – Averaged 14.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in a 2-0 week. Shot 50.0 percent from the floor while compiling an 8:1 assist/turnover ratio in a 2-0 week which included a win over No. 4 Marquette (81-53).

Not to diss our guys but....

Castle didn't even a great week considering he had a down game against Marquette. The freshmen class in the BE this year must be weak.

Hasn't Spencer had much better weeks than this and not been on the honor roll? Are they making up for overlooking him a bunch of times?

 

[superjohn]

Not to diss our guys but....

Castle didn't even a great week considering he had a down game against Marquette. The freshmen class in the BE this year must be weak.

Hasn't Spencer had much better weeks than this and not been on the honor roll? Are they making up for overlooking him a bunch of times?

It's a weak year for freshmen around the country, outside of Castle and two or three freshmen on Kentucky I don't think any of them are doing too much. It was considered a weak class and college basketball has gotten older since Covid.

 

[alphasigko]

Castle is BE FoW and Karaban makes the honor roll again. Both honored for the 4th time.

I know someone here is keeping track of this. Still no PoW honors for any UConn player.

Hard to believe, especially after Saturday's game. IMO DC definitely earned it.

 

[Blue Blood]

Same as last week!

BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Stephon Castle, UConn, G, Fr. – Castle earns Freshman honors for the eighth time this season. In a 101-65 victory at DePaul, he had 15 points and six assists. Hampered by foul trouble against Marquette, he had three points, three assists and three rebounds. The BIG EAST record for Freshman of the Week honors is 10 set by Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony in 2002-23.

BIG EAST Honor Roll
Cam Spencer, UConn, G, Gr. – Averaged 14.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in a 2-0 week. Shot 50.0 percent from the floor while compiling an 8:1 assist/turnover ratio in a 2-0 week which included a win over No. 4 Marquette (81-53).

All the more impressive for Castle he only had one year to Melo's 21.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Castle's defense on Saturday was very good. People forget basketball is played on both ends, not just offense.

 

[tennmike]

Wildly underrated.

Don't think he needs a chip on his shoulder, but ok...

 

[caw]

It's a weak year for freshmen around the country, outside of Castle and two or three freshmen on Kentucky I don't think any of them are doing too much. It was considered a weak class and college basketball has gotten older since Covid.

McCain on Duke, Cody Williams on Colorado and Walter on Baylor are all playing well but overall you are correct.

 

[HooperScooper]

Castle's defense on Saturday was very good. People forget basketball is played on both ends, not just offense.

Very good point. But I'm sure we all realize that these weekly awards are rarely given out for defensive performance.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Very good point. But I'm sure we all realize that these weekly awards are rarely given out for defensive performance.

True, but when a freshman helps lock down the reigning Player of the Year, it should be noted.

 

[my2cents]

I love Cam, but by what metric? He's still 10th in the conference in scoring, 13th in assists, outside the top 30 in rebounding. He leads in 3P% and is 2nd in 3 point makes, but that's about it

There is only ONE metric, we are in first place by 3.5 games.

 

[auror]

We made a stink about Spencer and then he made Honor Roll twice in marginal for him weeks. Someone from the league office saw.

 

[elmcityboy]

updating the tracker after taking two mondays off on vacation! now that spencer has been honored twice (!!) we can all focus our attention on the fact that uconn hasn't had a "player of the week" since newton won the award a month ago, and we have a total of one (!!!) award for the entire season despite being the undisputed best team in the nation

also worth mentioning that josh oduro got his first nod. he was probably the biggest non-cam snub left.

Player	Team	POTW	FOTW	Honor Role
Pierre Brooks	Butler			1
Jahmyl Telfort	Butler			3
Jalen Thomas	Butler			1
DJ Davis	Butler			2
Trey Alexander	Creighton	2		2
Baylor Scheierman	Creighton	1		3
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	2		4
Oso Ighodaro	Marquette			2
Sean Jones	Marquette			1
Devin Carter	PeeCee	2		5
Bryce Hopkins	PeeCee			3
Rich Barron	PeeCee		1
Josh Oduro	PeeCee			1
Kadary Richmond	Seton Hall	2		4
Al-Amir Dawes	Seton Hall	1		1
Dre Davis	Seton Hall			1
Isaiah Coleman	Seton Hall		2
Joel Soriano	St. John's			5
Brady Dunlap	St. John's			1
Daniss Jenkins	St. John's			2
Donovan Clingan	UConn			2
Stephon Castle	UConn		8
Alex Karaban	UConn			4
Tristen Newton	UConn	1		4
Solomon Ball	UConn		1
Cam Spencer	UConn			2
Eric Dixon	Villanova	1		3
Tyler Burton	Villanova			1
TJ Bamba	Villanova			1
Desmond Claude	Xavier			3
Lazar Djokovic	Xavier		1
Quincy Olivari	Xavier	1		3

 

[HooperScooper]

updating the tracker after taking two mondays off on vacation! now that spencer has been honored twice (!!) we can all focus our attention on the fact that uconn hasn't had a "player of the week" since newton won the award a month ago, and we have a total of one (!!!) award for the entire season despite being the undisputed best team in the nation

also worth mentioning that josh oduro got his first nod. he was probably the biggest non-cam snub left.

Player	Team	POTW	FOTW	Honor Role
Pierre Brooks	Butler			1
Jahmyl Telfort	Butler			3
Jalen Thomas	Butler			1
DJ Davis	Butler			2
Trey Alexander	Creighton	2		2
Baylor Scheierman	Creighton	1		3
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	2		4
Oso Ighodaro	Marquette			2
Sean Jones	Marquette			1
Devin Carter	PeeCee	2		5
Bryce Hopkins	PeeCee			3
Rich Barron	PeeCee		1
Josh Oduro	PeeCee			1
Kadary Richmond	Seton Hall	2		4
Al-Amir Dawes	Seton Hall	1		1
Dre Davis	Seton Hall			1
Isaiah Coleman	Seton Hall		2
Joel Soriano	St. John's			5
Brady Dunlap	St. John's			1
Daniss Jenkins	St. John's			2
Donovan Clingan	UConn			2
Stephon Castle	UConn		8
Alex Karaban	UConn			4
Tristen Newton	UConn	1		4
Solomon Ball	UConn		1
Cam Spencer	UConn			2
Eric Dixon	Villanova	1		3
Tyler Burton	Villanova			1
TJ Bamba	Villanova			1
Desmond Claude	Xavier			3
Lazar Djokovic	Xavier		1
Quincy Olivari	Xavier	1		3

It's interesting how spread out the POTW has been. 10 players have won it and nobody more than twice. Going to be hard to pick a POTY in a few weeks. Curious if it's been like this most years.

 

[OceanDoggie]

There's not even really an answer, it's Castle and then a big group of nothing

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If Ball is #4, that's not a good look overall for Big East recruiting. Contrary to that point, the B.E. is probably also the oldest conference in D1. 4 of the oldest 25 Teams..