2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards Unveiled
Arizona’s Jaden Bradley was named Player of the Year to focus on the 2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 males’s basketball awards. After profitable his first Big 12 common season title, Arizona’s Tobe Awaka (Sixth Man) and head coach Tommy Lloyd (coach of the 12 months) accomplished a trio of Wildcats to earn Big 12 superlatives.
Kansas’ Flory Bidunga (defensive participant) and Melvin Council Jr. (newcomer), together with Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey (Scholar-Athlete), BYU’s AJ Dybantsa (freshman), and Texas Tech’s Christian Anderson (most improved) accomplished the person “of the year” awards.
Bradley is the third Arizona participant prior to now 5 seasons to be named convention participant of the 12 months, however the first to earn the glory within the Wildcats’ two seasons within the Big 12. The senior from Rochester, NY averaged 13.4 factors and 4.6 assists to guide his workforce to a 16-2 document. He had key 25+ level performances in wins at BYU and Baylor, which proved key for Arizona’s title probabilities.
Bidunga is the ninth Kansas participant to earn the league’s high defensive honor and the primary since Dajuan Harris in 2023. The Kinshasa, Congo native had a league-leading 2.7 blocks per recreation, serving to Kansas maintain its opponents to a 38.7 area aim share, the perfect within the Conference. Offensively, he provides 13.8 factors per recreation to go together with 9.0 rebounds.
Lipsey is the fourth Scholar-Athlete of the Year from Iowa State, and the primary for the Cyclones since 2018-19. The senior averaged 13.3 factors, 4.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists, serving to his hometown college to a high 10 nationwide rating. The communications research main holds a 3.73 GPA.
In a 12 months the place the storylines centered round a deep and gifted freshman class, Dybantsa emerged because the Big 12’s greatest, changing into the primary from BYU to earn the award in this system’s three seasons within the league. The Brockton, Massachusetts native averages an NCAA-leading 24.7 factors per recreation, which is on monitor to be a top-five mark within the historical past of the Big 12.
Council is the Jayhawks’ fourth Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and second honoree prior to now three seasons. The guard from Rochester, NY averages 13.4 factors and 4.9 rebounds, whereas changing into a fan favourite for his senior management. The St. (*12*) switch ranks among the many Conference’s high 10 in each assists per recreation (5.2) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9).
Awaka was the nation’s main rebounder off the bench, averaging 9.7 rebounds and 9.9 factors when getting into the sport as a reserve. The Hyde Park, NY native reached double-digit rebounds in eight Big 12 video games. He is the primary Arizona participant to win Sixth Man Award within the Big 12.
Anderson almost doubled his scoring common, going from 10.6 factors to 19.2 this season to earn the Most Improved Award. The sophomore from Atlanta ranks third in Division I with 7.8 assists per recreation and has represented Texas Tech’s next-man-up mentality after the damage to JT Toppin, scoring 20+ factors in three of the 5 video games since. He is the primary Red Raider to seize the award since his establishment for the 2019-20 season.
Lloyd led Arizona to its first Big 12 common season title, navigating the nation’s hardest league with an 18-2 document. The 2022 AP National Coach of the Year earns his first honor within the Big 12 Conference, whereas amassing 141 wins within the first 5 seasons of his profession, probably the most of any coach in NCAA Division I historical past.
In addition, the Conference named a 10-person first workforce together with five-member second and third groups plus all-defensive, all-freshman and all-newcomer groups. Dybantsa, Houston’s Kingston Flemings and Texas Tech’s JT Toppin have been unanimously voted to the primary workforce.
2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards
Player of the Year: Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Defensive Player of the Year: Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Freshman of the Year: AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Newcomer of the Year: Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Sixth Man Award: Tobe Awaka, Arizona*
Most Improved: Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
Coach of the Year: Tommy Lloyd, Arizona
All-Big 12 First Team
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Brayden (*66*), Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
J.T. Toppin, Texas Tech*
All-Big 12 Second Team
Richie Saunders, BYU
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
All-Big 12 Third Team
Koa Peat, Arizona
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Rob Wright, BYU
Themus Fulks, UCF
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention:
Arizona: Tobe Awaka
Baylor: Toounde Yessoufou
Cincinnati: Moustapha Thiam
Colorado: Isaiah Johnson
Houston: Joseph Tugler, Milos Uzan
Kansas: Melvin Council Jr.
Kansas State: P.J. Haggerty
Oklahoma State: Parsa Fallah
TCU: David Punch
Texas Tech: Donovan Atwell
West Virginia: Honor Huff
Utah: Terrence Brown
All-Defensive Team
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas*
A tie resulted in an additional place on the workforce
All-Freshman Team
Brayden (*66*), Arizona*
Koa Peat, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Darryn Peterson, Kansas*
All-Newcomer Team
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Themus Fulks, UCF
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech
*- unanimous choice
