BATON ROUGE -- LSU forward Ben Simmons is the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week for games ending the week of Jan. 7. Simmons was selected by CBSSports.com's Matt Norlander, in partnership with the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Later in the season, the USBWA will release a midseason watch list before naming finalists for the award. This season marks the first time a weekly national freshman of the week will be selected and, each Tuesday through Feb. 23, a standout first-year player will be chosen for the honor.
Norlander writes of the Melbourne, Australia product: "His 18.