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.

The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 9 of the season: The 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Nashville spent four seasons at North Florida, where he was a two-time All-Atlantic Sun pick,

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.