Kansas was chosen as the prime decide in the Big 12 males’s basketball preseason survey, marking the twentieth event in 28 seasons the Jayhawks have occupied the first place in the preseason survey. KU’s Hunter Dickinson was chosen as the Preseason Player of the Year by the Conference’s head coaches for the second consecutive yr.
Baylor’s Jeremy Roach and Ok-State’s Coleman Hawkins had been named as Preseason Co-Freshman of the Year recipients. The Bears’ VJ (*12*) was chosen as the Preseason Rookie of the Year.
The Jayhawks kick off the season as the preseason frontrunner for the second straight yr and had been carefully pursued by Houston, who has been ranked as the second crew in the preseason survey in each of its Big 12 seasons. Iowa State, Baylor, and Arizona accomplished the prime 5.
Dickinson was a universally acknowledged All-American in 2023-24, clinching the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year accolade and First Team All-Big 12 recognition. The middle from Alexandria, Virginia led the Big 12 with 10.8 rebounds per sport and ranked as the Conference's second prime scorer with a mean of 17.9 factors. This is the fifth occasion since 2017-18 {that a} Kansas participant has gained the Preseason Player of the Year title.
Roach joins Baylor after incomes All-ACC distinctions and contributing to Duke's journey to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2024. The guard from Leesburg, Virginia maintained a mean of 14.0 factors and three.3 assists for the Blue Devils. He is the first Baylor newcomer to share in the Conference preseason recognition since Manu Lecomte in 2016.
Hawkins posted averages of 12.1 factors, 6.1 rebounds, and a pair of.7 assists at Illinois in 2023-24, as the Illini progressed to the NCAA Elite Eight. A wing from Sacramento, California, Hawkins commences his Ok-State profession simply 21 factors shy of 1,000 for his profession. He is the inaugural Ok-State participant to clinch a share of the Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award.
Edgecombe's recognition represents the fourth straight season a Baylor student-athlete has garnered the Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year title. The Bahamas native from Nassau was a McDonald’s All-American who helped Long Island Lutheran attain the No. 2 nationwide rating and earned Gatorade Player of the Year honors in New York.
Dickinson was the solely unanimous selection for the Preseason All-Big 12 First Team, accompanied by Arizona’s Caleb Love, Houston’s LJ Cryer and J’Wan Roberts, and Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey. Baylor’s Norchad Omier and Roach had been half of the Second Team, together with Iowa State’s Keshon Gilbert, Kansas’ Dajuan Harris Jr., and Ok-State’s Hawkins.
All awards had been decided by means of a vote by the league’s 16 head coaches, who had been prohibited from voting for his or her respective crew or gamers.
Preseason Big 12 Survey
- Kansas (9 first-place votes) – 215 factors
- Houston (5) – 211
- Iowa State (1) – 194
- Baylor – 185
- Arizona (1) – 179
- Cincinnati – 140
- Texas Tech – 135
- Kansas State – 133
- BYU – 116
- TCU – 90
- UCF – 83
- Arizona State – 64
- West Virginia – 62
- Oklahoma State – 46
- Colorado – 37
- Utah – 30
Preseason All-Big 12 First Team
Caleb Love, Arizona
LJ Cryer, Houston
J’Wan Roberts, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas*
*- unanimous choice
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team
Norchad Omier, Baylor
Jeremy Roach, Baylor
Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr., Kansas
Coleman Hawkins, Ok-State
Preseason Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Preseason Co-Freshman of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor
Preseason Co-Newcomer of the Year: Coleman Hawkins, Ok-State
Preseason Rookie of the Year: VJ (*12*), Baylor
