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Buddy Hield Named Big 12 Player of the Year, Deonte Burton Newcomer of the Year

Here are the All-Big 12 awards, highlighted by National Player of the Year candidate Buddy Hield as Player of the Year.
 

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Player of the Year	Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Coach of the Year	Tubby Smith, Texas Tech
Defensive Player of the Year	Prince Ibeh, Texas
Sixth man Award	Jaysean Paige, West Virginia**
Newcomer of the Year	Deonte Burton, Iowa State**
Freshman of the Year	Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State

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** – Unanimous Selection
 

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ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM
Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown/Previous School(s)
Taurean Prince, Baylor	F	6-7	215	Sr.	San Antonio, Texas/Earl Warren
Georges Niang, Iowa State**	F	6-8	230	Sr.	Methuen, Mass./The Tilton School
Perry Ellis, Kansas**	F	6-8	225	Sr.	Wichita, Kan./Wichita Heights
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma**	G	6-4	214	Sr.	Freeport, Bahamas/Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]
Isaiah Taylor, Texas	G	6-3	185	Jr.	South Hayward, Calif./The Village School [Texas]

ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM
Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown/Previous School(s)
Monté Morris, Iowa State	G	6-3	175	Jr.	Flint, Mich./Beecher
Frank Mason III, Kansas	G	5-11	185	Jr.	Petersburg, Va./Massanutten Military Academy
Wayne Selden Jr., Kansas	G	6-5	230	Jr.	Roxbury, Mass./Tilton School [N.H.]
Jaysean Paige, West Virginia	G	6-2	200	Sr.	Jamestown, N.Y./Perry County Central/Moberly Area CC
Devin Williams, West Virginia	F	6-9	255	Jr.	Cincinnati, Ohio/Montverde Academy

ALL-BIG 12 THIRD TEAM
Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown/Previous School(s)
Rico Gathers, Baylor	F	6-8	275	Sr.	LaPlace, La./Riverside Academy
Johnathan Motley, Baylor	F	6-9	230	So.	Houston, Texas/North Shore
Wesley Iwundu, Kansas State	F	6-7	210	Jr.	Houston, Texas/Westfield
Isaiah Cousins, Oklahoma	G	6-4	200	Sr.	Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon
Ryan Spangler, Oklahoma	F	6-8	234	Sr.	Bridge Creek, Okla./Gonzaga University

ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION (Listed alphabetically by school)
Lester Medford (Baylor), Jameel McKay (Iowa State), Abdel Nader (Iowa State), Matt Thomas (Iowa State), Devonte’ Graham (Kansas), Landen Lucas (Kansas), Jordan Woodard (Oklahoma), Jawun Evans (Oklahoma State), Jeff Newberry (Oklahoma State), Javan Felix (Texas), Toddrick Gotcher (Texas Tech), Aaron Ross (Texas Tech), Zach Smith (Texas Tech)

BIG 12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown/Previous School(s)
Devonte’ Graham, Kansas	G	6-2	175	So.	Raleigh, N.C./Brewster Academy [N.H.]
Frank Mason III, Kansas	G	5-11	185	Jr.	Petersburg, Va./Massanutten Military Academy
Wesley Iwundu, Kansas State	F	6-7	210	Jr.	Houston, Texas/Westfield
Khadeem Lattin, Oklahoma	F	6-9	208	So.	Houston, Texas/Redemption Christian Home School Academy
Prince Ibeh, Texas**	C	6-11	265	Sr.	Garland, Texas/Naaman Forest
Jevon Carter, West Virginia	G	6-2	185	So.	Maywood, Ill./Proviso East

BIG 12 ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM
Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown/Previous School(s)
Deonte Burton, Iowa State**	G	6-4	250	Jr.	Milwaukee, Wis./Marquette/Vincent
Barry Brown, Kansas State	G	6-3	195	Fr.	St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs
Dean Wade, Kansas State	F	6-10	225	Fr.	St. John, Kan./St. John
Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State	G	6-0	180	Fr.	Dallas, Texas/Kimball
Eric Davis Jr., Texas	G	6-2	185	Fr.	Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw Arthur Hill
Kerwin Roach Jr., Texas	G	6-4	170	Fr.	Houston, Texas/North Shore

** – Unanimous Selection
Ties in the voting created additional spots on the All-Defensive and All-Newcomer Teams

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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