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Kansas State picked 9th in Big 12 poll, Haggerty named All-Conference

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With Big 12 Media Day less than a week away, Kansas State has gained a better understanding of its preseason perception. The conference’s preseason awards and coaches poll was released on Thursday.

Kansas State was picked to finish ninth this season, picking up 117 points, just three behind Cincinnati in eighth. Houston was a near-unanimous pick to win the conference with 14 first-place votes, while BYU and Arizona each gained one of the remaining two.

Entering his fourth season as the head coach at Kansas State, Jerome Tang has now had teams picked to finish 10th (22-23, 10 teams in league),6th (23-24), 8th (24-25) and 9th (25-26).

Along with the preseason poll, a 10-member Preseason All-Big 12 Team was announced as well. Of the 16 schools in the league, only six were represented on the All-Big 12 Team, with PJ Haggerty of Kansas State being the lone Wildcat to make the list.

Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll

  1. Houston (14) – 224
  2. BYU (1) – 204
  3. Texas Tech – 200
  4. Arizona (1) – 179
  5. Iowa State – 170
  6. Kansas – 163
  7. Baylor – 137
  8. Cincinnati – 120
  9. K-State – 117
  10. TCU – 90
  11. West Virginia – 79
  12. Oklahoma State 77
  13. Utah – 50
  14. UCF – 39
  15. Colorado – 37
  16. Arizona State – 34

Preseason All-Big 12 Team

PJ Haggerty – K-State
Richie Saunders – BYU
AJ Dybantsa – BYU*
Emanuel Sharp – Houston
Jojo Tugler – Houston
Milos Uzan – Houston*
Tamin Lipsey – Iowa State
Darryn Peterson – Kansas*
Christian Anderson – Texas Tech
JT Toppin – Texas Tech*
* = unanimous pick

Preseason All-Big 12 Awards

Player of the Year: JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Newcomer of the Year: LeJuan Watts, Texas Tech
Freshman of the Year: Darryn Peterson, Kansas

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