Well, the national player of the year chase has a frontrunner.
His name is Johnny Davis.
The sophomore from Wisconsin is our March Madness men’s National Player of the week after a stellar week where he scored 37 in an upset win at Purdue, 26 in a win over Iowa in a matchup against fellow top-3 national scorer Keegan Murray and then 19 in a road win at Maryland.
And there is a new team in our Power 36 that can claim, for this week, to be the best in the ACC: Miami. Yes, our March Madness men’s National Team of the week are the Hurricanes after they upset Duke in Cameron Saturday night. The Canes have won nine in a row, are undefeated in the ACC at 5-0 and can say they are the team to beat in the league.
There were plenty of standout individuals and teams this week as well:
Kadary Richmond, Seton Hall: 27 points off the bench in an OT win over UConn.
EJ Liddell, Ohio State: 34 in a Sunday win over Northwestern.
Texas Tech: Stunning Kansas at home to vault back into the…