The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 1 of the season:

Koa Peat, Arizona

The freshman arrived in Tucson with plenty of hype as one of the nation’s top recruits. Peat lived up to it in his first game, scoring 30 points with seven rebounds and three steals in No. 5 Arizona’s 93-87 win over reigning national champion and then-No. 3 Florida. The 6-foot-8 forward had the second-highest scoring game by an Arizona freshman behind Eric Money’s 37-point game in 1972 and became the first player in Big 12 history with 30 points and five assists in his debut. Peat followed that up by scoring 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting with three rebounds and three assists in a 93-67 blowout of Utah Tech .

Runner-up

Labaron Philon Jr., No. 8 Alabama. The 6-4 sop

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