The Big Ten office released its weekly men's basketball award winners Monday, and it's a pair of familiar names earning recognition. Purdue star Caleb Swanigan is player of the week for the fourth time this season, while Minnesota's Amir Coffey claims his second freshman laurels.
Before Big Ten conference play tips off Tuesday, BTN.com asked BTN analysts Jess Settles and Shon Morris for their best of the non-conference season.
The Big Ten rolled out the weekly basketball honors Monday. Purdue Boilermakers sophomore Caleb Swanigan was named Player of the Week after a big win over Notre Dame. Purdue plays Western Illinois tonight on BTN/BTN2Go.
The Maryland guard and OPurdyue big men split the Player of the Week hionmor in the Big Ten while Michigan State's Miles Bridges took home another Freshman of the Week honor.
There were many familiar faces at this year's Big Ten Men's Basketball Media Day, and quite possibly more than there would have been were it not for a new NCAA rule. [btn-post-package-v2] In January the NCAA announced it would set a last-chance date of May 25 (10 days after the NBA Combine) for NBA hopefuls to withdraw […]