INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has named five Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week for games of the week ending Sunday, Jan. 25.
For the 2025-26 season, the USBWA continues its national player of the week program that has been affiliated with the Oscar Robertson Trophy since the 2009-10 season. Prior to the 2024-25 season, the USBWA had recognized just one player each week.
Each Tuesday during the regular season, designated USBWA board members will select five standouts from the 31 Division I conference players of the week to be recognized. This week's selections were chosen from a list of the conferences that named a player of the week on Monday. This week's selections were postponed one day by the Martln Luther King Jr. holiday
For the second straight week, two Big Ten players earned the honor and Wiscosin and Kennesaw State each had an honored player for a second straight week.
Following are the five players selected for performances this past week:
Dominique Daniels, Cal Baptist (WAC)
The graduate guard, averaged 36.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game for CBU during a 2-0 homestand. He scored a game-high 26 points and pulled down five rebounds while dishing out five assists in a 73-64 victory over Utah Tech on Jan. 21. Then, against the WAC's first-place team, Utah Valley, on Jan. 24, Daniels brought CBU back with a career-high 47 points on 13 made field goals and an 18-of-21 performance at the free-throw line. Daniels added six rebounds and three steals in the 78-71 overtime win for the Lancers against Utah Valley.
Keyshawn Hall, Auburn (SEC)
The 6-7 senior from Cleveland, Ohio, led Auburn to a pair of road wins with victories at Ole Miss and at No. 16 Florida by averaging 21.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Against the Rebels, Hall led the Tigers with 19 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists. In Auburn’s first victory in Gainesville in 30 years, Hall came out on fire, scoring 22 of his 24 points in the first half to help Auburn build at 15-point halftime lead. He finished the game with 24 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block. It was his 11th 20-point game of the season.
Jalen Quinn, Drake (Missouri Valley)
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Jalen Quinn, a 6-3 senior huard, led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 week with wins over Murray State and Indiana State by averaging 30.5 points per game, dropping a career-high 34 against the Racers and following with 27 against the Sycamores. Quinn shot at an efficient clip from the field going 25-for-42 (.595) and converted 10-of-16 attempts from the charity stripe. He also averaged 5.0 rebounds per game and added 3.0 steals per game on the defensive end. Quinn has totaled 10 games of scoring 20 or more this season, including four straight.
JT Toppin, Texas Tech (Big 12)
JT Toppin averaged 26.5 points and 8.0 rebounds as he led the Red Raiders to a pair of wins, including a 90-86 thriller over No. 6 Houston. With ESPN College Gameday in Lubbock for the first time since 2018, Toppin scored 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against the Cougars, marking his nation-leading fifth game of 30-10 this season. The junior from Dallas scored 22 points in a 92-73 win at Baylor, including 13 points in the second half. The reigning Big 12 Player of the Year is the only player in the nation averaging a double-double this season, while picking up his second consecutive and third Big 12 Player of the Week honor in four weeks.
Keaton Wagler, Illinois (BIg Ten)
Wagler averaged 29.5 points, 6.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds in a pair of Illini wins. He ccored 46 points on 13-17 shooting, including 9-11 from three-point range and 11-13 from the free throw line, in an 88-82 win at Purdue, posting the second-highest scoring performance in Illinois history, setting the Illinois freshman single-game scoring record, and broke the program mark with nine three-pointers. The 46 points are the most points scored by a Big Ten player against an AP top five team and the most in a road win over a top-10 opponent in AP poll history
Since the 1958-59 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. In 1998, the award was named in honor of the University of Cincinnati Hall of Famer and two-time USBWA Player of the Year Oscar Robertson. It is the nation's oldest award and the only one named after a former player.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name finalists for the award, which is voted on by the entire membership. The winner of the award will be announced at the 2026 Men's Final Four in Indianapolis, with the formal presentation to follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 800 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at 814-574-1485.
2025-26 USBWA Men's Weekly Honors
• Week ending Nov. 9: TJ Long, Vermont; Koa Peat, Arizona; Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama; Bruce Thornton, Ohio State; Caleb Wilson, North Carolina.
• Week ending Nov. 16: Cameron Boozer, Duke; Mikel Brown, Louisville; Kingston Flemings, Houston; Delrecco Gillespie, Kent State; Braden Smith, Purdue.
• Week ending Nov. 23: Michael Ajayi, Butler; David Coit, Maryland; MJ Collins Jr., Utah State; PJ Haggerty, Kansas State; Ethan Roberts, Penn.
• Week ending Nov. 30: Leo Beath, UC San Diego; Simeon Cottle, Kennesaw State; Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan; Darin Smith, Central Connecticut; Nick Townsend, Yale.
• Week ending Dec. 7: Cameron Boozer, Duke; Tre Carroll, Xavier; Cruz Davis, Hofstra; Aidan Mahaney, UC Santa Barbara; Milan Momcilivic, Iowa State.
• Week ending Dec. 14: Myles Colvin Jr., Wake Forest; Melvin Council Jr., Kansas; Graham Ike, Gonzaga; Dennis Parker Jr., Radford; Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana.
• Week ending Dec. 21: Christian Anderson, Texas Tech; Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee; Braden Huff, Gonzaga; Paul McNeil, NC State; Stephon Payne, Seton Hall.
• Week ending Jan. 4: Rafael Castro, George Washington; Boopie Miller, SMU; Paulius Murauskas, St. Mary's; Kahlil Singleton, Canisius; Chase Walker, Illinois State.
• Week ending Jan. 11: Nick Boyd, Wisconsin; Simeon Cottle, Kennesaw State; Richie Saunders, BYU; Braden Smith, Purdue; Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt.
• Week ending Jan. 18: John Blackwell, Wisconsin; Rueben Chinyelu, Florida; Diggy Coit, Maryland; RJ Johnson, Kennesaw State; Erik Platt, Stony Brook.
• Week ending Jan. 25: Dominique Daniels, Cal Baptist; Keyshawn Hall, Auburn; Jalen Quinn, Drake; JT Toppin, Texas Tech; Keaton Wagler, Illinois.