College Basketball Player of the Year Rankings: Week 11
by Dave Ryan on Feb 14, 2011 4:53 PM EST
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Print| Rank | Last (+/-) | Player-School | Notes |
| 1 | 1 (--) | Jimmer Fredette-BYU | Surprisingly close to wrapping up the scoring crown before March (27.4). |
| 2 | 2 (--) | Jared Sullinger-Ohio St. | Finally defeated. A large chunk of his POY luster just wore off. |
| 3 | 3 (--) | Kemba Walker-UConn | One solid game (22-6-7) doesn't eliminate a month full of bad ones. |
| 4 | 4 (--) | Nolan Smith-Duke |
Draws 6.3 fouls/40 min. Nobody in the 16-team Big East can top that. |
| 5 | 5 (--) | Jordan Hamilton-Texas |
Might be the most unheralded perimeter defender in America. Believe it. |
| 6 | 6 (--) | Derrick Williams-Arizona | Ranked nationally in eFG% (1st), TS% (1st), FD/40 min (3rd) & FT Rate (3rd). |
| 7 | 8 (+1) | JaJuan Johnson-Purdue |
Big week ahead (WISC, OSU). Outplaying Sully could vault him further. |
| 8 | 7 (-1) | Kawhi Leonard-SDSU | Doesn't have to shoot nearly as much as his peers. An elite talent, though. |
| 9 | 10 (+1) | Jon Leuer-Wisconsin | Career FT progression: 48.3% (Fr.), 60.5% (So.), 72% (Jr.), 84.9% (Sr.). |
| 10 | 9 (-1) | Terrence Jones-Kentucky | Top ten may be a tad generous, but we love his 40 min splits: 23-12-2. |
| 11 | 11 (--) | Austin Freeman-G'Town | Ankle injury could slow him down. Still a top 2-3 Big East POY contender. |
| 12 | 17 (+5) | Jordan Taylor-Wisconsin | Hands down the Most Valuable Badger (MVB) in 2011. Scorching hot. |
| 13 | 14 (+1) | Marshon Brooks-Providence | Scored 20+pts w/ 50% FGs ELEVEN times. FYI-Kemba has eight. |
| 14 | 16 (+2) | Ken. Faried-Morehead St. |
Produced all yr, but now Eagles are winning. Love to see him in the NCAAs. |
| 15 | 15 (--) | Jordan Williams-Maryland | Back-to-back games without a double-double last wk. 1st time all yr. |
| 16 | NR | Ben Hansbrough-ND |
Averaging 20.86 pts and 5.14 asts over ND's current 7-gm win streak. |
| 17 | 13 (-4) | Rick Jackson-Syracuse | Not dominating the offensive glass like he did back in Nov./Dec. |
| 18 | 19 (+1) | E'Twaun Moore-Purdue |
Two stellar games last wk. Could sneak back into 1st Team All-Big Ten talk. |
| 19 | 12 (-7) | Klay Thompson-Wash. St. |
Fatigue setting in? 13.33 pts, 4.33 TOs and 36.7% FGs over last six. |
| 20 | 18 (-2) | Tu Holloway-Xavier | Leads the A-10 in nearly everything, but is only 17th in % of shots taken. |
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Terrence Jones
isn’t even the favorite for SEC Player of the Year right now. See: John Jenkins with 20 (Thursday) and 32 (Saturday) on a sprained right shoulder.
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Agreed on SEC POY
But Jenkins is a jump shooter, and not much else. Jones is a comparable scorer, along with being an elite rebounder and active defender. In my mind, Jones cemented his status as POY contender back in the first half of the season, and he’s been consistently losing ground ever since. I also agree that Jenkins probably deserves a share of the looks in the SEC because he’s been much better as of late, but he wasn’t nearly this good, or accurate from the floor mind you, in non-con play.
Jenkins had some very, very strong consideration this week though. I had him in the 21-22 range. Another big game or two and he’s a lock for week 12.
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