Illinois and Nebraska Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors
Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn Named Player of the Week
Player of the Week
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
C – Jr. – 7-0 – Kingston, Jamaica – Oak Hill Academy (Va.)
- Averaged 27.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.0 steal, 1.0 block, and 0.5 assists per game in Illinois’ two victories last week
- Tallied 37 points, 12 rebounds, and a block in an 80-67 win over No. 11 Wisconsin
- His 37 points tied the season high for most points in a Big Ten game, and his 16 field goals were the most against a ranked opponent this season in the NCAA
- Recorded 17 points, eight rebounds, two steals, an assist, and a block in a 74-57 win at Indiana
- Earns his fourth career Player of the Week honor
- Last Illinois Player of the Week: Trent Frazier (Jan. 17, 2022)
Freshman of the Week
Bryce McGowens, Nebraska
G – 6-7 – Pendleton, S.C. – Legacy Early College
- Averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals, and 1.0 assist in Nebraska’s two games last week
- Recorded 24 points, six rebounds, three steals, and an assist against Michigan
- Marked the fourth consecutive game scoring at least 20 points, the most ever for a freshman in school history
- Scored 10 points and added three rebounds and an assist against Northwestern
- Earns his fifth career Freshman of the Week honor
- Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Bryce McGowens (Jan. 31, 2021)
2021-22 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Nov. 15
P: Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jr., IND
F: Bryce McGowens, NEB
Nov. 22
P: Keegan Murray, So., IOWA
P: Trevion Williams, Sr., PUR
F: Caleb Furst, PUR
Nov. 29
P: Johnny Davis, So., WIS
F: Bryce McGowens, NEB
Dec. 6
P: Payton Willis, Sr., MINN
P: Brad Davison, Sr., WIS
F: Max Christie, MSU
F: Chucky Hepburn, WIS
Dec. 13
P: E.J. Liddell, Jr., OSU
P: Trevion Williams, Sr., PUR
F: Max Christie, MSU
Dec. 20
P: Keegan Murray, So., IOWA
F: Kobe Bufkin, MICH
F: Bryce McGowens, NEB
Dec. 27
P: Kofi Cockburn, Jr., ILL
F: Max Christie, MSU
Jan. 3
P: Keegan Murray, So., IOWA
F: Malaki Branham, OSU
Jan. 10
P: Kofi Cockburn, Jr., ILL
P: Johnny Davis, So., WIS
F: Max Christie, MSU
F: Malaki Branham, OSU
Jan. 17
P: Trent Frazier, Sr., ILL
F: Max Christie, MSU
Jan. 24
P: Payton Willis, Sr., MINN
P: Hunter Dickinson, So., MICH
F: Caleb Houstan, MICH
Jan. 31
P: Jaden Ivey, So., PUR
F: Bryce McGowens, NEB
Feb. 7
P: Kofi Cockburn, Jr., ILL
F: Bryce McGowens, NEB