Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke take home Big Ten weekly basketball honors
The Michigan basketball team grabbed a pair of weekly honors from the Big Ten Conference on Monday.
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Tim Hardaway Jr.
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Trey Burke
Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. was named the league's Player of the Week and freshman point guard Trey Burke was honored as the conference Freshman of the Week.
Hardaway averaged 20 points, 4.7 rebounds and three assists during Michigan's three-game stay at the 2011 Maui Invitational.
The award was the first of Hardaway's career, and Michigan's first since Darius Morris earned the honor on Jan. 31.
Burke, meanwhile, averaged 12 points, six assists and 2.7 rebounds in Maui, including a career-high 17-point, nine-assist performance against No. 6 Duke.
The last Michigan player to earn the freshman of the week honor was Hardaway, who did so on Feb. 28.
Michigan returns to the court Tuesday at Virginia (7 p.m., ESPN2) as part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at nickbaumgardner@annarbor.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
Comments
Mick52
Mon, Nov 28, 2011 : 6:28 p.m.
Darius who?
Christopher Simon
Mon, Nov 28, 2011 : 11:17 p.m.
morris. his last name was morris
Bludogg97
Mon, Nov 28, 2011 : 9:33 p.m.
Mick thats funny..don't know if you caught Trey Burke's play against the duke,but he is the real deal,and will only get better..I know Jay Bilas was impressed while he was calling the game..