Houston had no downside adjusting to the Big 12, going proper to the highest in its new convention.
Cougars senior level guard Jamal Shead was named The Associated Press Big 12 participant of the yr Tuesday and Kelvin Sampson the league’s prime coach. The nation’s No. 1 workforce wrapped up its first common season within the Big 12 by profitable the outright convention championship; Houston (28-3) gained the American Athletic title the final two years.
Kansas senior heart Hunter Dickinson, the 7-foot-2 switch from Michigan who was voted the Big 12’s prime newcomer, and Shead have been unanimous AP first-workforce picks as decided by a panel of 17 journalists who cowl the league. Three graduates rounded out the primary workforce, Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr., and Texas teammates Dylan Disu and Max Abmas.
Shead is averaging 13.2 factors, 6.2 assists and a pair of.3 steals a recreation for the Cougars and is the one participant ranked within the prime 20 nationally for assists, steals and help-to-turnover ratio (3.14 to 1). He acquired 16 votes for AP prime participant, and Dickinson acquired one.
“A point guard’s greatest statistic is did his team win, and Jamal cares more about winning than any individual statistic,” Sampson stated. “In my 35 years, he is the greatest leader I have ever coached.”
Dickinson is the one Big 12 participant averaging a double-double, at 18.0 factors and 10.8 rebounds a recreation and leads the league making 55% of his subject objectives. He acquired 15 first-place votes for prime newcomer; Oral Roberts switch Abmas (16.8 ppg) acquired the opposite two.
Sampson acquired 9 votes for coach of the yr, and T.J. Otzelberger from Big 12 runner-up and seventh-ranked Iowa State acquired six. The remaining votes have been cut up by Texas Tech’s Grant McCasland and BYU’s Mark Pope.
FIRST TEAM
u-Center — Hunter Dickinson, Kansas, 7-2, 260, Sr., Alexandria, Virginia.
u-Guard — Jamal Shead, Houston, 6-1, 200, Sr., Manor, Texas.
Guard — Max Abmas, Texas, 6-0, 175, Gr., Rockwall, Texas.
Guard — Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas, 6-7, 212, Gr., San Antonio, Texas.
Forward — Dylan Disu, Texas, 6-9, 225, Gr., Pflugerville, Texas.
—“u-” denotes unanimous choice.
SECOND TEAM
Guard — L.J. Cryer, Houston, 6-1, 200, Sr., Katy, Texas.
Guard — RayJ Dennis, Baylor, 6-2, 180, Sr., Plainview, Illinois.
Guard — Pop Isaacs, Texas Tech, 6-2, 180, So., Las Vegas.
Guard — Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State, 6-1, 200, So., Ames, Iowa.
Forward — Emanuel Miller, TCU, 6-7, 215, Sr., Scarborough, Ontario.
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Coach of the yr — Kelvin Sampson, Houston.
Player of the yr — Jamal Shead, Houston.
Newcomer of the yr — Hunter Dickinson, Kansas.
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AP All-Big 12 Voting Panel: Eric Bailey, Tulsa World; Brice Cherry, Waco Tribune-Herald; Darnell Dickson, (Provo) Daily Herald; Nathan Giese, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Arne Green, Topeka Capital-Journal; Henry Greenstein, Lawrence Journal-World; Jordan Guskey, Topeka Capital-Journal; Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post; Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Thomas Jones, Austin American-Statesman; Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel; Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register; Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle; Scott Springer, Cincinnati Enquirer; Colton Sulley, The Oklahoman; Scott Wright, The Oklahoman; Mason Young, Tulsa World.
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