BYU's Richie Saunders was named the Big 12 Player of the Week while West Virginia's Honor Huff was the conference's Newcomer of the Week.
Saunders averaged 27.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in the Cougars' home win over ASU and a win at Utah while hitting a combined 8 for 15 3-pointers. Saunders had 31 points against ASU and a double-double in a hostile environment at Utah with 24 points and 14 rebounds.
Huff averaged 23.5 points and 7.5 rebounds while shooting 47.6% from 3-point range in West Virginia's wins over Cincinnati and Kansas.
Arizona nominated Motiejus Krivas for Player of the Week and Koa Peat for Newcomer of the Week but neither player made the conference's "Starting Five."
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Krivas had 25 points and 12 rebounds against Kansas State, plus eight points and 10 rebounds at TCU. Peat averaged 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 57.1% from the field over UA's two games.
The "Starting Five," which includes the player and newcomer of the week plus the top three additional vote-getters, included Massamba Diop of ASU, Kingston Flemings of Houston and Darryn Peterson of Kansas.
Diop averaged 21.5 points and 9.0 rebounds combined in an ASU win over Kansas State and a loss to BYU. He blocked five shots against Kansas State.
Flemings averaged 16.5 points and 6.0 assists in Houston's wins over Texas Tech and Baylor while Peterson had 36 points in Kansas' overtime win over TCU and another 23 in the Jayhawks' loss at West Virginia.
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