Midweek performances from high-profile college basketball teams ran the gamut from stunningly impressive to absolutely putrid as conference play ramped up during the first full week of the 2025 calendar year.

Chaz Lanier of Tennessee is the AP men's college basketball player of the week. He is the second straight player from the top-ranked Vols to take home the award after Zakai Zeigler on New Year's Eve.

Tennessee's Chaz Lanier pulls up for a midrange jumper and knocks it down.

Tennessee guard Chaz Lanier was named SEC Co-Player of the Week. Lanier shared the award with Kentucky's Koby Brea. He scored a season-high in Tennessee's, 76-52, victory over Arkansas Saturday at Food City Center.

One year after Dalton Knecht’s success, the Vols landed a fifth-year guard from North Florida who could help steer the last unbeaten squad to a national title.