November 09, 2026 02:58 PM | Men's Basketball
IRVING, Texas - BYU's Robert Wright III earned Player of the Week while West Virginia's Miles Sadler earned Freshman of the Week honors in the first Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball weekly awards of the 2026-27 season.
Wright III averaged 27.0 points while shooting 66.7 percent from the field, 62.5 percent from three and 92.9 percent from the free throw line in wins over Ohio State and Omaha. He became the fifth NCAA Division I men's basketball player with 35 points, five assists and one or fewer turnovers in a season opener since 1996, with 35 points and five assists in a 94-83 win over Ohio State. It was the third 30-point performance of the Delaware native's career. Wright III followed that up with 19 points in 24 minutes of action in BYU's 108-67 victory over the Mavericks.
Sadler averaged 20.5 points and 7.5 assists in a 2-0 week for WVU in his first two games as a Mountaineer. In his college debut, he had 16 points, nine assists and three steals against Niagara. Only two other players in the last 15 seasons have reached those marks in a Division I debut. Sadler followed that that performance with 25 points and six assists against Stetson. The Brampton, Ontario native shot 56.7 percent from the field for the week and sported a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Joining Wright III and Sadler on the Big 12 Starting Five are Arizona's Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona State's Paulius Murauskas and UCF's Dior Johnson. Kharchenkov recorded a career-high 38 points to go with 10 rebounds in a double-double performance against then-No. 22 UCLA, and another double-double in a win over Cal Poly. Murauskas helped ASU start 2-0 with a 21-point, nine-rebound performance against East Tennessee State before scoring a career-high 33 points versus Northern Colorado. Johnson, the nation's current scoring leader, scored 41 points for the Knights in an overtime win over Florida Gulf Coast, and 28 in a victory over Yale.
Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Nov. 9 - Robert Wright III, BYU
Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week
Nov. 9 - Miles Sadler, WVU
Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Starting Five
Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona
Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Robert Wright III, BYU (Player of the Week)
Dior Johnson, UCF
Miles Sadler, West Virginia (Freshman of the Week)
Wright III averaged 27.0 points while shooting 66.7 percent from the field, 62.5 percent from three and 92.9 percent from the free throw line in wins over Ohio State and Omaha. He became the fifth NCAA Division I men's basketball player with 35 points, five assists and one or fewer turnovers in a season opener since 1996, with 35 points and five assists in a 94-83 win over Ohio State. It was the third 30-point performance of the Delaware native's career. Wright III followed that up with 19 points in 24 minutes of action in BYU's 108-67 victory over the Mavericks.
Sadler averaged 20.5 points and 7.5 assists in a 2-0 week for WVU in his first two games as a Mountaineer. In his college debut, he had 16 points, nine assists and three steals against Niagara. Only two other players in the last 15 seasons have reached those marks in a Division I debut. Sadler followed that that performance with 25 points and six assists against Stetson. The Brampton, Ontario native shot 56.7 percent from the field for the week and sported a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Joining Wright III and Sadler on the Big 12 Starting Five are Arizona's Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona State's Paulius Murauskas and UCF's Dior Johnson. Kharchenkov recorded a career-high 38 points to go with 10 rebounds in a double-double performance against then-No. 22 UCLA, and another double-double in a win over Cal Poly. Murauskas helped ASU start 2-0 with a 21-point, nine-rebound performance against East Tennessee State before scoring a career-high 33 points versus Northern Colorado. Johnson, the nation's current scoring leader, scored 41 points for the Knights in an overtime win over Florida Gulf Coast, and 28 in a victory over Yale.
Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Nov. 9 - Robert Wright III, BYU
Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week
Nov. 9 - Miles Sadler, WVU
Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Starting Five
Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona
Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Robert Wright III, BYU (Player of the Week)
Dior Johnson, UCF
Miles Sadler, West Virginia (Freshman of the Week)
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