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INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball
Writers Association has selected UCLA guard/forward
Jaime Jaquez Jr. as its Oscar Robertson
National Player of the Week for games ending the week of
Sunday, March 6.
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As the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week, Jaquez Jr. was nominated
for the weekly award and chosen by a representative of the USBWA
board of directors from a list of Division I conference players
of the week. Once again, the USBWA has selected a Division I men's
National Player of the Week each Tuesday throughout the season.
Jaquez Jr. is the season's final honored player. The USBWA has
named Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week since the 2009-10
season.
The 6-7 junior from Camarillo, Calif., averaged 28.5 points,
7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in the Bruins' two victories last week.
He scored a career-high 30 points and finished with nine rebounds
in UCLA's 77-66 victory at Washington on Feb. 28. Five days later,
he totaled 27 points, six rebounds and four assists to lift the
Bruins past USC, 75-68, to close out the regular season.
The 57 combined points scored in the two games last week by Jaquez
Jr. is the highest two-game total for any UCLA player this season.
In the those two games Jaquez Jr. shot 63.6 percent from the field
and was 14-for-18 at the free throw line (77.8 percent).
UCLA returns to action at the Pac-12 Tournament on Thursday,
facing either No. 7 Washington State or No. 10 California in the
quarterfinals Las Vegas. The Bruins are seeded No. 2 in the conference
tournament.
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.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name
finalists for the award, which is voted on by the entire membership.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in
1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers.
With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential
organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America
team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA
and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, contact executive director Malcolm
Moran at 814-574-1485.
2021-22 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week
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Week ending Dec. 12: Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona (Pac-12
Conference)
• Week ending Dec. 19: Alondes
Williams, Wake Forest (Atlantic Coast Conference)
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Week ending Dec. 26: Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky (Southeastern
Conference)
• Week ending Jan. 2: Walker Kessler,
Auburn (Southeastern Conference)
• Week ending
Jan. 9: Johnny Davis, Wisconsin (Big Ten Conference)
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Week ending Jan. 16: Armando Bacot, North Carolina
(Atlantic Coast Conference)
• Week ending Jan.
23: Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State (Missouri Valley Conference)
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Week ending Jan. 30: Bryce Hamilton, UNLV (Mountain
West Conference)
• Week ending Feb. 6: Hunter
Maldonado, Wyoming (Mountain West Conference)
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Week ending Feb. 13: KJ Williams, Murray State (Ohio
Valley Conference)
• Week ending Feb. 20: Julian
Champagnie, St. John's (Big East Conference)
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Week ending Feb. 27: KJ Williams, Murray State (Ohio
Valley Conference)
• Week ending March 6: Jaime
Jaquez Jr., UCLA (Pac-12 Conference)
• All-time USBWA National
Players of the Week (Since 2009-10)
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