From The American:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – SMU and Cincinnati will compete in the 2015 NCAA Championship, highlighting a group of five American Athletic Conference teams that were selected Sunday for postseason play.

In addition to the two NCAA tournament teams, Temple, Tulsa and UConn were chosen for the National Invitation Tournament.

The American, which saw a member school (UConn) capture the national title in the conference’s first year, enjoyed the best postseason record of any league in 2014 as five teams were a combined 13-4 in the NCAA and NIT tournaments (.765).

SMU, which is ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press poll, won The American’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after the Mustangs punctuated their regular-season conference title by winning the American Championship crown Sunday – their first conference tournament championship since 1988. SMU was seeded No. 6 in the South Region and will face No. 11-seeded UCLA Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky (3:10 p.m. ET, truTV).

SMU will play in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1993. The Mustangs have made 10 previous NCAA appearances, including a national runner-up showing in 1956. SMU coach Larry Brown, who cut the nets with Kansas in his last NCAA tournament game in 1988, served as UCLA’s head coach for two seasons (1979-81).

Cincinnati will make its fifth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and its sixth postseason appearance in the last seven years as the Bearcats face Purdue in Louisville as part of the Midwest Regional (7:10 p.m. ET, CBS). Seeded No. 8, the Bearcats take a 22-10 overall record into the tournament. Cincinnati will make its 29th NCAA appearance as the Bearcats bid for a seventh Final Four appearance and third NCAA title. Cincinnati won the NCAA title in consecutive seasons in 1961 and 1962 and last reached the Final Four in 1992.

Temple, which narrowly missed a spot in the NCAA field, was chosen as a No. 1 seed in the NIT. The Owls will face Patriot League regular-season champion Bucknell Tuesday at the Liacouras Center (7 p.m. ET, ESPN3). Temple will make its 18th NIT appearance and their first since 2006. The Owls previously won NIT championships in 1938 and 1969.

Tulsa was selected to the NIT as a No. 2 seed as the Golden Hurricane host William & Mary Tuesday at the Reynolds Center (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN3). Tulsa won NIT titles in 1981 and 2001 and is making its 11th appearance in the tournament.

UConn, which finished as the American Athletic Conference Championship runner-up, will play in the NIT for the 13th time overall and the first time since 2010. The No. 4-seeded Huskies, who won the NIT title in 1988, will host No. 5 Arizona State Wednesday at Gampel Pavilion in the first round of the tournament (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2).

American Athletic Conference Selections to the 2015 Postseason

NCAA Championship

Second Round – Thursday, March 19

No. 6 SMU vs. No. 11 UCLA – South Region, Louisville, Ky. (3:10 p.m. ET, truTV)

No 8. Cincinnati vs. No. 9 Purdue – Midwest Region, Louisville, Ky. (7:10 p.m. ET, CBS)

National Invitation Tournament

First Round – Tuesday, March 17

No. 1 Temple vs. No. 8 Bucknell (7 p.m. ET, ESPN3)

No. 2 Tulsa vs. No. 7 William & Mary (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN3)

First Round – Wednesday, March 18

No. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Arizona State (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

From the American:

HARTFORD, Conn. – SMU guard Nic Moore, who led the Mustangs to their first regular-season conference championship since 1993, has been chosen as the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year by the league’s 11 head coaches. The announcement was made Thursday by Commissioner Mike Aresco.

UConn guard/forward Daniel Hamilton was chosen by the coaches as The American’s Rookie of the Year, while Temple head coach Fran Dunphy was tabbed as the conference’s Coach of the Year. UConn guard Pat Lenehan accepted the league’s Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award after he was chosen by the league’s Academic Affairs Committee.

Moore, a junior from Winona Lake, Indiana, was named as a unanimous all-conference selection Tuesday and adds The American’s Player of the Year honors to his impressive list of accomplishments. He enters the postseason ranked fourth in the conference in scoring (14.4 points per game), second in assists (5.3 apg) and eighth in steals (1.4 spg). He is the conference leader in both 3-point shooting (.429) and free throw shooting (.875).

Moore, who was a Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy top-50 watch list selection, has averaged 12.6 points and 4.6 assists per game in his career. Beyond his individual statistics, Moore has led SMU, which is ranked No. 20 in the week’s Associated Press poll, to the outright regular-season conference championship in 2015 and the most conference wins in a two-year span (27) in school history.

Hamilton was chosen as The American’s top newcomer after he averaged 10.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in the regular season for the Huskies, emerging as one of the conference’s most versatile players. The Preseason American Rookie of the Year lived up to his billing by starting all 30 games and leading the team in rebounding while ranking second in scoring. He enters the postseason ranked second in The American in rebounding and ninth in assists, finishing the regular season as the only player in the conference’s top 10 in both categories.

Dunphy was chosen by his counterparts as The American Coach of the Year after he engineered a remarkable turnaround for the Owls, who finished 22-9 overall and 13-5 in conference play. Temple, which was 9-22 last season, scored a signature win against then-No. 10 Kansas and surpassed the 20-win mark for the seventh time in nine seasons. He enters postseason play with 499 career wins on a ledger that includes 13 conference championships.

Lenehan, a guard from Cheshire, Connecticut, earned a scholarship this season after spending two years as a walk-on. He was chosen as the Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year after he was named a UConn Babbidge Scholar, a University Scholar, the recipient of the Drotch Scholarship in Biology and the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Lenehan, who holds a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average as a molecular and cell biology major, has been accepted to a number of prestigious medical schools, including those at Harvard, Columbia, Duke and Johns Hopkins.

Complete coverage of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship will be available on the conference’s Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/mbb.

2015 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year

Nic Moore, G, SMU

2015 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year

Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn

2015 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

Fran Dunphy, Temple

2015 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Pat Lenehan, G, UConn

HARTFORD, Conn. – UConn center Amida Brimah, who had an American Athletic Conference-record 101 blocked shots in the regular season, has been chosen as the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s 11 head coaches. The announcement was made Wednesday by Commissioner Mike Aresco.

SMU, which won The American’s regular-season title, had a pair of individual award winners that were announced Wednesday. Mustangs forward Markus Kennedy was the winner of the Sixth Man Award, while center Yanick Moreira was named the conference’s Most Improved Player.

Memphis forward Shaq Goodwin was chosen as the winner of the league’s Sportsmanship Award.

Brimah, the latest in a long line of standout centers for UConn, led the American Athletic Conference in total blocks as a sophomore and was second in the league in blocks per game (3.4). He averaged a league-leading 4.0 blocks per game in conference play and was the anchor of a UConn squad that held opponents to 39.7-percent field goal shooting. Brimah, who was an honorable mention all-conference selection, started all 30 games for the Huskies, averaging 10.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

Kennedy earned honors as The American’s Sixth Man after he averaged 11.2 points and 6.0 rebounds in 20 regular-season games off the bench. He shot 56.3 percent from the field and ranked 11th in the league in scoring in conference games (11.8 ppg). Kennedy was named to the all-conference second team earlier this week.

Moreira, who also earned second-team all-conference honors, was tabbed as the league’s Most Improved Player after he finished the regular season as SMU’s second-leading scorer (11.3 ppg) and the team’s top rebounder (6.4 rpg). He started all 30 games and ranked seventh in The American in rebounding and blocks (1.3 per game). He averaged 6.0 points and 3.9 rebounds for the Mustangs last season.

Goodwin averaged 9.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for Memphis, but was recognized by the league coaches for his sportsmanship, positive demeanor, commitment to player safety and public support of both his teammates and opponents.

The league’s Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards will be presented at a Thursday luncheon at the XL Center in Hartford.

Complete coverage of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship will be available on the conference’s Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/mbb.

2015 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year
Amida Brimah, C, UConn

2015 American Athletic Conference Sixth Man Award
Markus Kennedy, F, SMU

2015 American Athletic Conference Most Improved Player
Yanick Moreira, C, SMU

2015 American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award
Shaq Goodwin, F, Memphis

HARTFORD, Conn. – Two unanimous selections were among the five players chosen for the 2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team, as voted by the league’s 11 head coaches. The announcement was made Tuesday by Commissioner Mike Aresco.

UConn senior guard Ryan Boatright joined SMU junior guard Nic Moore as unanimous selections of the head coaches. They were joined on the first team by Memphis forward Austin Nichols, Temple guard Will Cummings and Tulsa guard James Woodard.

One of the five first-team selections will be announced as the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Thursday at an awards luncheon at the XL Center in Hartford, prior to the start of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship.

Boatright enters the postseason as the leading scorer in the American Athletic Conference at 17.8 points per game, both overall and in conference play, showing remarkable consistency through the 2014-15 season. Boatright averaged a league-leading 35.6 minutes per game and finished the regular season second in the conference in 3-point percentage (.424) and free throw shooting (.843) and among the league leaders in assists (sixth, 4.0 apg) and steals (seventh, 1.4 spg).

A repeat selection to the first team, Moore was fourth in The American in scoring (14.4 ppg) during a regular season in which he led SMU to its first conference title since 1993. Moore is the conference leader in 3-point percentage (.429) and free throw percentage (.875) and is second in The American in assists (5.3 apg).

Nichols, the 2014 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, enjoyed a breakout sophomore year for Memphis before an ankle injury sidelined him for three games late in the regular season. He led the Tigers with 13.3 points per game and is the American Athletic Conference leader in blocks at 3.4 per game. Nichols is ninth in The American in both scoring and rebounding entering the postseason.

Cummings is a standout point guard for Temple who helped the Owls improve by 13 wins from last season. He ranks fifth in The American in scoring at 14.1 points per game, and is the league leader in steals at 2.1 per game. Cummings ranks fourth in The American in assists (4.3 apg).

Woodard lived up to his billing as a preseason all-conference pick by his selection to the postseason all-conference team. The Tulsa star averaged 14.9 points per game, good for third in The American, and capped the regular season by draining a conference-record 10 3-point field goals against SMU. Woodard finished the regular season ranked second in the conference in 3-pointers made (2.7 per game).

The American Athletic Conference Second Team included Cincinnati forward Octavius Ellis (10.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg), Tulane guard Louis Dabney (13.7 ppg), Tulsa guard Shaquille Harrison (13.3 ppg) and SMU forward Markus Kennedy (11.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg) and center Yanick Moreira (11.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg). Kennedy was named to the second team for the second consecutive year.

Honorable mention selections went to Cincinnati guard Troy Caupain (9.4 ppg, 3.6 apg), Temple forward Jaylen Bond (8.2 ppg, 8.3 rpg) and UConn center Amida Brimah (10.0 ppg, 3.4 bpg) and guard/forward Daniel Hamilton (10.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg).

The conference also announced the five players named to the All-Rookie Team. UConn’s Hamilton and East Carolina guard B.J. Tyson were unanimous choices of the head coaches. They were joined by Cincinnati forward Gary Clark and a pair of UCF players – B.J. Taylor and Adonys Henriquez.

The conference’s Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Sixth Man Award and Sportsmanship Award – will be announced Wednesday. The league’s Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards will be presented at a Thursday luncheon at the XL Center in Hartford.

Complete coverage of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship will be available on the conference’s Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/mbb.

2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team

Ryan Boatright, G, UConn *

Austin Nichols, F, Memphis

Nic Moore, G, SMU *

Will Cummings, G, Temple

James Woodard, G, Tulsa

2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Second Team

Octavius Ellis, F, Cincinnati

Markus Kennedy, F, SMU

Yanick Moreira, C, SMU

Louis Dabney, G, Tulane

Shaquille Harrison, G, Tulsa

2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Honorable Mention

Troy Caupain, G, Cincinnati

Amida Brimah, C, UConn

Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn

Jaylen Bond, F, Temple

2015 American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team

Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF

B.J. Taylor, G, UCF

Gary Clark, F, Cincinnati

Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn *

B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina *

* unanimous selection

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for the week ending March 8.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Farad Cobb • Jr. • G • Cincinnati

Cobb helped Cincinnati to a pair of wins last week, allowing the Bearcats to earn the No. 3 seed in the American Athletic Conference Championship and enter the postseason with a five-game winning streak. He averaged 19.0 points per game and shot .619 from the field (13-of-21) and .545 from 3-point range (6-of-11). He scored 22 points in a 56-47 win at Tulsa, which entered the game in first place in The American. He added 16 points, including 10 in a decisive 2:30 spurt in the first half, in a 77-65 win against Memphis.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Troy Holston Jr. • Fr. • G • USF

Holston averaged 20.0 points and 7.0 rebounds as USF split a pair of games in the last week of the regular season. He had 19 points with 10 rebounds in a 74-45 win against UCF and added a game-high 21 points with four boards in a 67-63 setback to Tulane.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Ryan Boatright • Sr. • G • UConn

Averaged 19.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in two games.

Devonta Pollard • Jr. • F • Houston

Averaged 15.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in a 2-0 week.

Markus Kennedy • Jr. • F • SMU

Scored 16 points with seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals in a 67-62 win against Tulsa to clinch The American regular-season title.

Will Cummings • Sr. • G • Temple

Averaged 19.5 points, 5.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals in a 2-0 week.

James Woodard • Jr. • G • Tulsa

Averaged 21.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in two games. Had a conference-record 10 3-point field goals against SMU.

From the American Athletic Conference:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After emerging from a winner-take-all game for the American Athletic Conference regular-season title with a 67-62 victory Sunday, SMU has earned the No. 1 seed for the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship.

The Mustangs entered the final day of the regular season tied with Tulsa for the top spot in the conference standings, but rode a 16-point, seven rebound effort by forward Markus Kennedy to the five-point win against the Golden Hurricane, giving SMU its first regular-season conference title since 1993.

The American Athletic Conference Championship takes place March 12-15 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Tickets are available online at XLCenter.com, in person at the XL Center box office, or by telephone at 877-522-8499.

The tournament will be televised in its entirety on the ESPN Networks, with Sunday’s final scheduled for 3:15 p.m. ET on ESPN. Saturday’s semifinals will be televised on ESPN2, while Friday’s four quarterfinals will be on ESPN2 and ESPNU. ESPNU and ESPNews will provide coverage of Thursday’s three first-round games.

Additionally, all games of the tournament will have national radio distribution by IMG College and will be carried on SiriusXM satellite radio (XM 202, Sirius 218 and 92). Westwood One will have additional national coverage of Sunday’s tournament final. The American Digital Network will provide coverage throughout the week, including postgame press conferences and interviews with coaches and players.

As the No. 1 seed, SMU will play its first game of the tournament March 13 at noon ET, when the Mustangs face the winner of Thursday’s first-round matchup between No. 9-seeded UCF and No. 8-seeded East Carolina.

Tulsa, which fell to SMU in Sunday’s regular-season finale, enters the tournament as the No.2 seed, pairing the Golden Hurricane in a quarterfinal game against the winner of the first-round matchup between No. 10 Houston and No. 7 Tulane.

Cincinnati and Temple finished tied for the third in the conference standings and split their two regular-season meetings. But Cincinnati earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament based on the Bearcats’ two wins against SMU. Cincinnati will face the winner of Thursday’s first-round game between No. 11 USF and No. 6 UConn.

Temple is the No. 4 seed and will face Memphis, the No. 5 seed, in a Friday quarterfinal matchup at 2 p.m. ET.

All 11 American Athletic Conference teams will compete for the league title, including 2014 NCAA champion UConn, which is one of the six conference teams that have reached the NCAA Final Four. The 11 teams that comprise the American Athletic Conference have a combined six NCAA titles, made 22 Final Four appearances, 67 Sweet Sixteen appearances and 173 NCAA tournament appearances.
2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
XL CENTER • HARTFORD, CONN.

Thursday, March 12 – First Round (ESPNU/ESPNews)
3:30 p.m. No. 9 UCF (12-17) vs. No. 8 East Carolina (13-18) – ESPNU
6 p.m. No. 10 Houston (11-18) vs. No. 7 Tulane (15-15) – ESPNews
8 p.m. No. 11 USF (9-22) vs. No. 6 UConn (17-13) – ESPNews

Friday, March 13 – Quarterfinals (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Noon UCF/East Carolina winner vs. No. 1 SMU (24-6) – ESPN2
2 p.m. No. 5 Memphis (18-13) vs. No. 4 Temple (22-9) – ESPN2
7 p.m. Houston/Tulane winner vs. No. 2 Tulsa (21-9) – ESPNU
9 p.m. USF/UConn winner vs. No. 3 Cincinnati (22-9) – ESPNU

Saturday, March 14 – Semifinals (ESPN2)
3 p.m. Friday afternoon winners
5 p.m. Friday evening winners

Sunday, March 15 – Final (ESPN)
3:15 p.m. Semifinal winners

all times Eastern

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for the week ending March 1.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Rodney Purvis • So. • G • UConn

Purvis helped UConn to two wins last week as the Huskies moved into fifth place in the conference standings, giving them the inside track on a first-round bye in the American Athletic Conference Championship. He led all scorers with 28 points to go with three assists and three steals in an 81-73 win against No. 21/21 SMU and had 12 points in a 60-49 win at East Carolina. Purvis averaged 20.0 points and 2.5 assists in the two games and is averaging 10.5 points per game for the season.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Daniel Hamilton • Fr. • F/G • UConn

Hamilton averaged a double-double of 12.5 points and 12.0 rebounds to help UConn to a 2-0 mark last week to extend its winning streak to three games. Hamilton had nine points, 17 rebounds and five assists in a 60-49 win at East Carolina and had 16 points with seven rebounds in an 81-73 win against No. 21/21 SMU. Hamilton is second on the Huskies in scoring at 10.8 points per game.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Octavius Ellis • Jr. • F • Cincinnati

Averaged 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in a 1-1 week. Shot .667 from the field (14-of-21).

Devonta Pollard • Jr. • F • Houston

Averaged 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.5 steals in a 1-1 week.

Quenton DeCosey • Jr. • G • Temple

Scored 16 points with nine rebounds and three assists in a 66-54 win against Houston.

Louis Dabney • Jr. • G • Tulane

Averaged 25.0 points and shot .515 from the field in two games. Scored 32 points in a loss at Tulsa.

Shaquille Harrison • Jr. • G • Tulsa

Averaged 14.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a 2-0 week.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for the week ending Feb. 22.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Austin Nichols • So. • F • Memphis

Nichols, who had missed Memphis’ previous two games due to an ankle injury, returned the lineup to help the Tigers to a 2-0 week with wins against UConn and UCF. He averaged 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocks in the two games, including a 16-point, eight-rebound, seven-block effort in a 75-72 win against the Huskies. He had 20 points with seven rebounds and three blocks in a 75-65 overtime win against the Knights. Nichols leads the Tigers in scoring for the season at 13.7 points per game and is the American Athletic Conference leader in blocks (3.5 per game).

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Daniel Hamilton • Fr. • F/G • UConn

Hamilton had a breakout week for UConn as he averaged 16.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game in two games. He led all scorers with 25 points to go with 13 rebounds, seven assists and three steals in a 75-72 loss at Memphis and had seven points with nine rebounds, nine assists, two blocks and three steals in a 67-60 win against Tulane.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Gary Clark • Fr. • G • Cincinnati

Averaged 12.5 points and 10.5 rebounds, shooting .611 from the field (11-of-18) in a 1-1 week.

Amida Brimah • So. • C • UConn

Averaged 19.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and shot .929 from the field (13-of-14) in a 1-1 week.

Corey Allen Jr. • Sr. • G • USF

Averaged 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in a 1-1 week.

Nic Moore • Jr. • G • SMU

Scored 18 points with four assists and three steals in a 67-58 win against Temple.

James Woodard • Jr. • G • Tulsa

Averaged 17.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in a 2-0 week.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for the week ending Feb. 15.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Will Cummings • Sr. • G • Temple
Cummings helped Temple to a pair of wins last week as the Owls extended their winning streak to seven games with victories against Cincinnati and East Carolina. He averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 1.5 blocks in the two games. He scored 21 points with five assists, four steals and three rebounds in a 75-59 win against Cincinnati and had 17 points with seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and two steals in a 66-53 win against East Carolina. Cummings leads the Owls in scoring at 13.7 points per game and has helped Temple to a 13-3 record in the Owls’ last 16 games.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
B.J. Tyson • Fr. • G • East Carolina
Tyson came off the bench to average 16.0 points and 3.5 rebounds and shoot .583 from the field (14-of-24) in a 1-1 week for the Pirates. He had 23 points with five rebounds in a 64-53 win against Memphis and added nine points in a 66-53 loss at Temple. Tyson is ranked second among American Athletic Conference freshmen in scoring at 12.6 ppg.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Kasey Wilson • Sr. • F • UCF
Averaged 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting .619 from the field in a 2-0 week.

Ryan Boatright • Sr. • G • UConn
Averaged 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists in a 1-1 week.

Shaq Goodwin • Jr. • F • Memphis
Averaged 15.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week.

Markus Kennedy • Jr. • F • SMU
Averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week.

Jay Hook • Sr. • G • Tulane
Scored 16 points with eight rebounds in a 50-49 win at Cincinnati in the Green Wave’s only game of the week.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for the week ending Jan. 4.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jonathan Stark • So. • G • Tulane

Stark helped Tulane to a 2-0 start in American Athletic Conference play as he averaged a league-leading 23.0 points in road wins against East Carolina and Memphis. He scored 22 points with four rebounds and three assists in a 67-59 victory against the Pirates and had 24 points with four rebounds and four assists in a 74-66 victory against the Tigers — Tulane’s first win at Memphis since 1992. Stark shot .567 from the field (17-of-30) and .636 from 3-point range (7-of-11) in the two wins and is averaging 13.2 points per game for the season.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Adonys Henriquez • Fr. • G • UCF

Henriquez averaged 15.5 points, good for fourth among all American Athletic Conference players, and 3.0 assists in two games last week. He scored a team-high 17 points in a 56-54 loss to Tulsa and had 14 in an 84-78 setback at Temple. Henriquez is averaging 11.9 points per game this season, which ranks third among freshmen in The American.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Farad Cobb • Jr. • G • Cincinnati

Averaged 13.5 points and shot .556 from the field (10-of-18) in a 2-0 week.

Austin Nichols • So. • F • Memphis

Averaged 21.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in a 1-1 week.

Nic Moore • Jr. • G • SMU

Averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 assists in a 1-1 week.

Jaylen Bond • Jr. • F • Temple

Averaged 14.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in a 2-0 week.

Shaquille Harrison • Jr. • G • Tulsa

Averaged 20.0 points and 2.5 steals, shooting .609 from the field (14-of-23) in a 2-0 week.