Fortunately I didn’t miss too much on my trip back to Lexington.

But just in case you missed it, DeMarcus Cousins was named Southeastern Freshman of the Week for his performances against Drexel and Long Beach State. The freshman averaged 16.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in the two wins, totaling 33 points and 27 rebounds in only 27 minutes of play.

“He’s been fabulous,” head coach John Calipari said Monday. “The way he’s run the last two days, I told him, ‘If you will make that you — that’s who you are — run like that, you will be the best player in the country.’ “

A UK player has won SEC Freshman six of the first seven weeks of the season.

Also, the latest men’s basketball polls were released this afternoon, but no movement at the top. The Cats remained No. 3 behind No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Texas. UK picked up one first-place vote in the Associated Press Poll. Full polls are below.

A video of Calipari talking before Monday’s practice will be on the blog shortly. And don’t forget that the UK women’s basketball team has a big game at Middle Tennessee State tonight at 8 in search of a school-record 12-game winning streak.

AP Top 25  1. Kansas (52) 11-0 1,607  2. Texas (11) 11-0 1,556  3. Kentucky (1) 13-0 1,476  4. Purdue 11-0 1,407  5. Syracuse (1) 12-0 1,398  6. West Virginia 10-0 1,309  7. Duke 9-1 1,241  8. Villanova 11-1 1,177  9. North Carolina 9-3 1,033 10. Connecticut 9-2 1,002 11. Michigan State 9-3 910 12. Kansas State 11-1 892 13. Georgetown 9-1 813 14. Tennessee 9-2 664 15. Ohio State 10-2 605 16. Mississippi 10-2 544 17. Washington 9-2 490 18. Temple 9-2 403 19. New Mexico 12-1 352 20. Texas Tech 10-1 334 21. Clemson 11-2 300 22. Florida State 11-2 252 23. Wisconsin 10-2 180 24. UAB 11-1 178 25. Northwestern 10-1 144ESPN/USA Today Poll  1. Kansas (28) 11-0 772  2. Texas (3) 11-0 743  3. Kentucky 13-0 702  4. Purdue 11-0 677  5. Syracuse 12-0 657  6. West Virginia 10-0 630  7. Duke 9-1 585  8. Villanova 11-1 553  9. North Carolina 9-3 489 10. Connecticut 9-2 471 11. Michigan State 9-3 436 12. Kansas State 11-1 409 13. Georgetown 9-1 407 14. Tennessee 9-2 313 15. Ohio State 10-2 290 16. Washington 9-2 274 17. New Mexico 12-1 241 18. Clemson 11-2 192 19. Temple 9-2 164 20. Georgia Tech 9-2 140 21. Mississippi 10-2 137 22. Gonzaga 8-3 96 23. Butler 8-4 85 24. Texas Tech 10-1 68 25. Florida State 11-2 67