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Tennessee's Dalton Knecht is The Associated Press national men's college basketball player of the week after averaging 32 points and six rebounds in a pair of wins. Knecht had 39 points and eight rebounds in an 85-66 win over Florida on Tuesday after scoring 36 against Georgia the week before to become the first SEC player since Shaquille O'Neal in 1991 to have consecutive 35-point games. Knecht followed up by scoring 25 points in a 91-71 win over Alabama on Saturday to become the fifth SEC player in the last 14 seasons to score at least 25 points in four straight games.
