The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Jordan Hamilton tabbed Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week
01.25.2011 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 25, 2011
ST. LOUIS -- University of Texas sophomore swingman Jordan Hamilton has been named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 23, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced today. The USBWA's weekly honor is presented by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and will be handed out each Tuesday through Feb. 22 this season.
As the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (announced Monday), Hamilton was nominated for the weekly national award. The award was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week.
Hamilton averaged 22.0 points and 8.5 rebounds on the week, as the Longhorns posted impressive wins against a pair of Top 15 opponents. In UT's 81-60 home victory against No. 11/10 Texas A&M on Wednesday (Jan. 19), he led the Horns with 27 points and eight rebounds while hitting 10-of-14 field goals, including 3-of-7 from three-point range. Hamilton recorded 17 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two blocks during UT's 74-63 win at No. 2/2 Kansas on Saturday (Jan. 22).
Through the first 19 games this year, Hamilton leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 Conference in scoring (19.5 ppg) and ranks second on the team and seventh in the league in rebounding (7.2 rpg).
This marks the second season that the USBWA has selected a national player of the week. The weekly Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week is added to the Oscar Robertson Trophy watch list. Since the 1958-59 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. In 1998, the award was named in honor of the University of Cincinnati Hall of Famer and two-time USBWA Player of the Year Oscar Robertson. It is the nation's oldest award and the only one named after a former player.
No. 7/8 Texas (16-3 overall, 4-0 Big 12) returns to the court when it travels to Stillwater, Okla., for a game on Wednesday, Jan. 26 against Oklahoma State. Tip is set for 6:30 p.m. Central, and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
