Another week, another honor.In what’s becoming a weekly Kentucky praising, the Southeastern Conference has named freshman DeMarcus Cousins SEC Player of the Week after leading Kentucky to two wins last week. Cousins averaged 18.5 points and 15.0 rebounds in wins over Hartford and archrival Louisville.It’s the eighth time this season a UK men’s basketball player has been honored by the SEC office and second honor for the first-year center. The Cats have captured six SEC Freshman of the Week honors and two SEC Player of the Week awards.Cousins is averaging 15.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per season in just 19.2 minutes of play.And while we’re at it – and taking a break from the Rich Brooks retirement news – take a look below at the updated men’s top-25 rankings. Once again, no real change at the top as UK remains No. 3 behind No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Texas.AP Top 25  1. Kansas (56) 13-0 1,614  2. Texas (8) 13-0 1,550  3. Kentucky (1) 15-0 1,489  4. Purdue 13-0 1,457  5. Duke 12-1 1,348  6. Villanova 12-1 1,279  7. Syracuse 13-1 1,173  8. West Virginia 11-1 1,147  9. North Carolina 11-3 1,098 10. Michigan State 11-3 1,009 11. Kansas State 13-1 996 12. Georgetown 11-1 911 13. Connecticut 10-3 760 14. Mississippi 11-2 699 15. New Mexico 14-1 667 16. Tennessee 10-2 649 17. Wisconsin 12-2 526 18. Florida State 12-2 446 19. Gonzaga 11-3 351 20. Georgia Tech 11-2 203 21. Temple 11-3 173 22. Texas Tech 12-2 166 23. Pittsburgh 12-2 156 24. Washington 10-3 149 25. Brigham Young 14-1 145ESPN/USA Today Poll  1. Kansas (30) 13-0 774  2. Texas (1) 13-0 742  3. Kentucky 15-0 705  4. Purdue 13-0 693  5. Duke 12-1 646  6. Villanova 12-1 608  7. Syracuse 13-1 545  8. West Virginia 11-1 543  9. North Carolina 11-3 540 10. Kansas State 13-1 484 11. Michigan State 11-3 472 12. Georgetown 11-1 441 13. Connecticut 10-3 375 14. New Mexico 14-1 323 15. Tennessee 10-2 302 16. Mississippi 11-2 244 17. Georgia Tech 11-2 234 18. Gonzaga 11-3 219 19. Florida State 12-2 140 20. Wisconsin 12-2 133 21. Clemson 12-3 113 22. Washington 10-3 104 23. Brigham Young 14-1 97 24. Butler 10-4 81 25. Temple 11-3 79

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