More than midway through conference play with March fast approaching we need your help to decide our men’s player of week for Feb. 2-8 by voting in the poll below.
Here are our top five men’s candidates and a recap of their outstanding performances from across week 13 of the college basketball season.
Collin Parker – Austin Peay
Just a season ago, Parker was an unknown forward out of Columbia College (an NAIA program based in Columbia, Mo.), where he averaged a double-double as a senior. He received a plethora of Division-I interest before committing to Austin Peay and helping the Governors to a 17-6 record, 11-1 in the ASUN.
This past week, Parker matched his DI career-high by dropping 30 points, grabbing nine rebounds and dishing six assists in an 87-76 win over Lipscomb, Austin Peay’s fifth straight. For a six straight, he chipped in 27 points, four assists, two rebounds and a blocked shot to lift the Governors over North Alabama, 91-62, and grab sole possession of first in the ASUN.
In year-one as members of the MAC, UMass has had its ups-and-down’s and toiled to a 6-6 record in conference during what’s an incredibly strong year for the league as a whole. Banks, who arrived from UMBC via the transfer portal this offseason, is already establishing himself amongst the MAC’s best and etched his name into the Minutemen’s record books this past week.
Last Tuesday, Banks opened the week by outdueling Central Michigan, 95-89, with 37 points and five steals, going 10-for-15 from 3-point range to secure the win. His 10 made threes marked a UMass program record before an encore just four days later.
As UMass and Coastal Carolina battled into triple overtime on Saturday, Banks’ 21 points, two rebounds and two steals led the way. Though the Minutemen eventually relented and fell, 94-91, Banks’ buzzer-beater in the dying seconds of double overtime that extended the game to a third additional period.
Dylan Andrews – Boise State
Boise State had a rough start to the 2025-26 campaign by falling to Division-II Hawaii Pacific and later, opening the Mountain West slate with just one win from the first six league games. However, Andrews, a former top-100 prospect and UCLA commit, has the Broncos right back in the mix for a potential first-round bye at the conference championship come March.
This past week, Andrews led a pair of wins starting with 25 points to surpass 1,000 for his career, six assists, and three rebounds as Boise State ousted Nevada in overtime, 91-87. On the road at New Mexico over the weekend, he dropped a career-high 33 points on 5-of-10 from 3-point range and dished four assists as the Broncos escaped 91-90.
Despite having no NIL, no transfers and a brand new head coach in Jon Perry, Navy is currently atop the Patriot League with a 12-1 record in conference and 20-6 overall. The Midshipmen might be one of the best stories in all of mid-major college basketball this season and a major reason for that is the return of the 6-foot-10 big man in Kehoe, who’s size is unmatched in league.
This past week, Kehoe led Navy to its sixth and seventh straight wins with back-to-back double-doubles, starting with 16 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and four steals at Lafayette. To defeat American, he managed 22 points, 10 rebounds, four assists. He now has 15 double-doubles on the season.
Justin Neely – UNC Greensboro
On the back of three straight losses, UNC Greensboro bounced back last week with a pair of wins, both of which were led by Neely, who arrived after four seasons spent at UAlbany. He has quickly emerged as the Spartans leading scorer, averaging a career-high 17.2 PPG and 11.8 RPG while starting all 25 games he played in under head coach Mike Jones.
Neely added two more double-doubles to his tally this past week, first lifting UNCG to an 81-78 win over Western Carolina by scoring five straight free throws in the dying seconds to secure victory. He finished with 25 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and a steal as the Spartans just barely beat out the Catamounts behind Neely’s comeback effort.
During a visit to Furman just days later, Neely once again led the way with 24 points, 13 rebounds and three steals as UNC Greensboro held off the Paladins, 67-64.
