As  always
during basketball season, this Monday is a busy one with new rankings coming out
and weekly awards being distributed. Let’s get to the news:

• With the men’s
  team clinching the outright Southeastern Conference title this weekend, it’s only
  fitting that Kentucky should dominate this week’s awards. That’s exactly how it
  turned out as Anthony Davis earned Player of the Week honors and his roommate
  Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is the Freshman of the Week. Davis had a pair of double-doubles
  this week, averaging 20.5 points, 11 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 2 steals.
  Kidd-Gilchrist was solid as well, scoring 26 points and grabbing 18 rebounds
  total this week.
• The honors
  didn’t stop there for Davis, as he was named the National Player of the Week by
  ESPN.com. Davis is also one of four nominees for the Capital One Impact
  Performance of the Week. Vote for him here.
• Bria Goss of
  the women’s team was also recognized, taking home SEC Freshman of the Week
  honors. UK played three games this week in clinching the SEC title and Goss
  averaged 11.3 points.
• With those
  three wins, UK Hoops moved back into the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25.
  Entering this week’s SEC Tournament, the Wildcats will be ranked No. 10. UK
  opens play in the tournament on Friday at 1 p.m. against the winner of a game
  between ninth-seeded Florida and No. 8 seed Auburn in Nashville. The game will be
  televised on FSN.
• On the men’s
  side, there are no changes to report in UK’s ranking. The Wildcats are ranked
  No. 1 for the sixth-consecutive week in both polls, receiving all 31 votes in
  the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll and 63 of 65 in the AP Top 25. The six-week
  run atop both polls ties Syracuse as the longest such stretch this season.
• For the
  first time this season, UK is the No. 1 overall seed in Joe Lunardi’s
  Bracketology for ESPN.com. Lunardi has Kentucky heading to Louisville for
  second and third round games and Atlanta for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight.
  Other teams of note in UK’s bracket are North Carolina (No. 2), Baylor (No. 3),
  Louisville (No. 4), Wichita State (No. 5), Murray State (No. 6), Purdue (No. 8)
  and Kansas State (No. 9). The top overall seed likely has something to do with
  UK’s new RPI. Kentucky rose to No. 2 from No. 4 this week with wins over
  Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.