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PF Jared Sullinger (2x 1st Team ALL B1G & All American, Anyang KGC, S.Korea)

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Guess who's freshman of the week again?

The Big Ten named Jared Sullinger its freshman of the week for the fifth time in six weeks today.

John Shurna of Northwestern won the player-of-the-week award, which Sullinger has won twice this season

Sullinger had 41 points and 22 rebounds in wins over Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina, including 30 and 19 against the Gamecocks on Saturday. Shurna had 54 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and four blocked shots in two wins by the Wildcats.

Buckeyes have all six Big Ten freshman-of-the-week awards this season. Deshaun Thomas won the one that Sullinger did not.
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http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2010/12/guess_whos_freshman_of_the_wee.shtml
 
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Sullinger takes over stats-based POY honors
December, 22, 2010
By Eamonn Brennan

Last week, Ken Pomeroy -- the man who runs the site that makes you at least 50 percent smarter about college basketball -- debuted his kPOY award tracking. You don't have to be an acronyms whiz to figure out kPOY is Ken's personal, tempo-free-based player of the year award.

Last week's debut post featured Kentucky freshman Terrence Jones as the nation's top performer to date, with Wisconsin's Jon Leuer and Ohio State's Jared Sullinger close behind. Sullinger and Jones are more obvious selections, but Leuer's No. 2 spot (though aided by a probably-set-to-drop 48 percent mark from beyond the arc) shows the power of tempo-free stats. Leuer is underrated across the country, plays in a brutally slow offensive system, and probably won't get much more than the occasional dark-horse mention for player of the year honors this season. But if you're willing to look past all that, you get a player deserving of far more.

That's not the case in this week's standings, which Pomeroy released Wednesday. After figuring out a few historic would-be winners based on the current formula, Ken reveals that Sullinger has leapfrogged both Leuer and Jones for the No. 1 spot. After those three come Kemba Walker, Jimmer Fredette, Derrick Williams, E'Twaun Moore, Nolan Smith, Kawhi Leonard, and JaJuan Johnson.

In other words, while some (though not ESPN's own Doug Gottlieb, who made this proclamation Saturday) have seemed hesitant to crown Jared Sullinger as the best freshman in the country, let alone the best player, the stats tell otherwise. Sullinger hasn't just been a great freshman. He's been a great player, period.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...1/sullinger-takes-over-stats-based-poy-honors
 
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I get sick of announcers saying how big of a rear-end the kid has. Last week they said he would give J-Lo a run for her money and Tony White even compared him to a hippo.

Give him a break, he's a 18-19 year-old kid.

Keep up the great work Jared!
 
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bkochmc;1841145; said:
Agree. He's light years ahead of the previous 1-and-done bigs under Matta (Oden, Mullens, Koufos). Offensively he's the best out of the bunch by a wide margin.
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Agree also. The only thing that Jared is lacking and Bill Rafferty mentioned it during the end of the South Carolina game is that Jared, for the lack of a better term, does not get off of the floor quickly nor does he have good "jumping" capability. It will be interesting to see how he plays against some of the bigger guys did a Big 10.
 
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