Big 12 announces preseason all-conference basketball team

The Big 12 has announced its preseason accolades as the conference gears up for another full season of college basketball action.

Three individual awards were handed out, while the preseason All-Big 12 team was officially named. The conference also doled out honorable mention to another number of players.

Kansas center Hunter Dickinson, a transfer from Michigan, was named the conference’s preseason Player of the Year. Dickinson was also named the Newcomer of the Year.

The preseason Freshman of the Year honors went to Baylor‘s Ja’Kobe Walter, a 6-foot-5 forward out of McKinney, Texas.

You can view the complete All-Big 12 team and preseason awards below.

Preseason All-Big 12 Team

G LJ Cryer, Houston
G Max Abmas, Texas
G Dajuan Harris Jr., Kansas
F Emanuel Miller, TCU
C Hunter Dickinson, Kansas

Preseason Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor

Honorable Mentions:

Jalen Bridges, Baylor
RayJ Dennis, Baylor
Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor
Jamal Shead, Houston
Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas
Arthur Kaluma, Kansas State
Tylor Perry, Kansas State
Dylan Disu, Texas
Tyrese Hunter, Texas
Dillon Mitchell, Texas
Jesse Edwards, West Virginia

More info on the preseason All-Big 12 selections

Dickinson is the most high-profile of the players on the preseason awards, a bona fide star at Michigan before transferring to Kansas this offseason. He’s got loads of production to go with his experience.

The former Michigan center averaged at least 14.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in each of his three seasons in Ann Arbor, Mich. He checked in at 18.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game a year ago, to go along with 1.8 blocks and 1.5 assists per game. He’ll be an immediate and forceful presence in the frontcourt.

Abmas could have a similar impact, albeit in a very different way, at Texas. He transferred in from Oral Roberts after four seasons. Abmas averaged 21.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game for Oral Roberts last season.

Rounding out the frontcourt on the All-Big 12 preseason team is TCU’s Emanuel Miller. He’s also a transfer but has been with the Horned Frogs for the last two years. He averaged 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game a year ago.

The college basketball season officially begins on Nov. 6.