ESPN's Jay Bilas recognizes Otega Oweh, Mo Dioubate with preseason honors

We’re in the midst of preseason award SZN. The latest comes from ESPN’s Jay Bilas.

On Wednesday morning, Bilas dropped his three 2025 preseason All-American Teams, along with an All-Defensive Team and an All-Freshman Team. Two different Kentucky Wildcats were mentioned among the group. Otega Oweh, the preseason SEC Player of the Year, was recognized as a preseason Second Team All-American, while Mo Dioubate was named to the All-Defensive Team.

This marks the second preseason All-American Team honor for Oweh. The senior guard was also recognized as a Second Team All-American by CBS Sports on Tuesday. Led by Oweh, Kentucky has been projected to finish second in the SEC this season by multiple outlets.

You can find Bilas’ full preseason honors below. Purdue, which will come to Rupp Arena on Friday for an exhibition against Kentucky, has two players on the All-American list: point guard Braden Smith (First Team) and forward Trey Kaufman-Renn (Third Team).

Jay Bilas’ preseason All-American teams

First Team All-Americans

• Braden Smith (Purdue)
• Donovan Dent (UCLA)
• PJ Haggerty (Kasnas State)
• JT Toppin (Texas Tech)
• Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan)

Second Team All-Americans

• AJ Dybantsa (BYU)
• Darryn Peterson (Kansas)
• Cameron Boozer (Duke)
• Otega Oweh (Kentucky)
• Nate Ament (Tennessee)

Third Team All-Americans

• Darrion Williams (NC State)
• Emanuel Sharp (Houston)
• Alex Condon (Florida)
• Trey Kaufman-Renn (Purdue)
• Tahaad Pettiford (Auburn)

Honorable Mentions

• Bennett Stirtz (Iowa)
• Alex Karaban (UConn)
• Zuby Ejiofor (St. John’s)
• Graham Ike (Gonzaga)
• Labaron Philon Jr. (Alabama)
• Nick Martinelli (Northwestern)
• Ja’Kobi Gillespie (Tennessee)
• Tucker DeVries (Indiana)
• Ryan Conwell (Louisville)
• Richie Saunders (BYU)

All-Defensive Team

• Joseph Tugler (Houston)
• Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State)
• Miles Byrd (San Diego State)
• Mo Dioubate (Kentucky)
• Maliq Brown (Duke)

All-Freshman Team

• Darryn Peterson (Kansas)
• AJ Dybantsa (BYU)
• Cameron Boozer (Duke)
• Nate Ament (Tennessee)
• Caleb Wilson (North Carolina)

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