Fredette Honored by ESPN

After scored 47 points and dishing out six assists in a 104-79 win at Utah last week, BYU guard Jimmer Fredette received National Player of the Week honors from ESPN.com's Weekly Watch and Dick Vitale.

ESPN.com Weekly Watch

Player of the week: Jimmer Fredette, BYU

Fredette had only one game last week but it might have been his most memorable.

The timing couldn't have been any better. College football's national championship game had taken place the night before, so the opening was there for college basketball on Tuesday to take center stage. In steps Fredette with a 47-point outing that had everything from a half-court, end-of-half buzzer-beater that he nonchalantly buried to a comical missed dunk. Fredette made six 3s, converted all nine free throw attempts and was 16-of-28 overall from the field. In addition, he totaled six assists and two steals. Oh, and he committed just one foul. The game was against BYU's hated rival, Utah, on the road at the Huntsman Center.

BYU and Utah are heading to different conferences in 2011-12. The Cougars will go to the WCC, the Utes to the Pac-10. So there's no guarantee they'll play twice in a season, although once has been promised. That added even more to the performance, knowing this could be the end to the traditional in-season, in-conference home-and-home series.

Fredette's shooting display rightly led "SportsCenter" that night, and he was trotted out for national interviews. He had impeccable timing to capture the midweek vacuum for the sport and, whether he knows it or not, advance his national player-of-the-year candidacy. There were plenty of other deserving performances from the week, notably Khris Middleton's 28 points for Texas A&M in a win over Missouri and Kawhi Leonard's back-to-back double-doubles in wins over UNLV and New Mexico. But Fredette, a preseason first-team AP All-American, gave a reason for those now paying attention to the sport to find his games and chart his progress toward a possible Stephon Curry-like Davidson run, circa 2008.

-- Andy Katz

Dick Vitale's Weekly Awards

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Colorado

Coach Tad Boyle has done a super job as the Buffaloes won at Kansas State and beat Oklahoma State. Colorado is 3-0 in the Big 12 after winning just six games in league play last season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jimmer Fredette, BYU

The All-Solid Gold candidate had 47 points and six assists against rival Utah in a 104-79 rout.

COACH OF THE WEEK: Mark Turgeon, Texas A&M

His Aggies are moving up in the rankings following a blowout win over Oklahoma State and an OT thriller over Missouri. Texas A&M is a dangerous team that deserves more ink, baby!

SHOCK OF THE WEEK: Florida State over Duke

After losses to Auburn and Virginia Tech, you couldn't expect the Seminoles to beat then #1 Duke. Leonard Hamilton's team fought hard qnd got to the winner's circle.

DIAPER DANDY OF THE WEEK: Terrence Jones, Kentucky

He set a Kentucky freshman record with 35 points in a win over Auburn. Then he scored 17 while grabbing seven boards in a victory over LSU.