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- 2022 MBB All-Big 12 Awards
Ochai Agbaji was unanimously selected, earning 11th in Kansas’ Big 12 Player of the Year, while Baylor’s Scott Drew earned his third consecutive Big 12 Coach of the Year award in the Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards 2021-22 by head coaches.
For the first time in conference history, the award was shared by three players who shared the Defensive Player of the Year award: Baylor’s Jonathan Chamwa Chachua, Oklahoma State’s Moussa Cisse, and West Virginia’s Gabe Osabuohen. Iowa State was in contention for freshman year awards, with Isiah Brockington receiving Rookie of the Year and Tyrese Hunter receiving Freshman of the Year. Nigel Pak of Kansas State was voted the Most Improved Player and BU’s Jeremy Sochan was awarded Sixth Player.
The All-Big 12 first team included Agbaji, Brockington and Pack, along with the Bears’ James Akinjo and Texas Tech’s Bryson Williams. Agbaji and Williams were selected unanimously.
Agbaji was the league’s leading scorer in overall (19.8 points per game) and conference games (19.65 points per game). He was third in all games in field goal percentage (.477/208-436), second in three-point field goal percentage (.411/86-209), second in three-point field goals per game (2.87), and seventh in field goal percentage. from the game. free throw percentage (0.767/92-120). The senior quarterback averaged more minutes per game (35.2) than any other Big 12 player and led the conference with 17 20-point games. This season, Agbaci has been ranked in the top 12 players of the week four times.
Chamwa Chachua is fifth in the league with 6.8 rebounds per game. He averaged 8.4 points and had 9 blocks and 17 steals before suffering a season-ending injury on February 12. Cisse is the top shot blocker in the Big 12 with 54 shots, averaging 1.86 per game. He is sixth in the conference with 6.52 rebounds and is also averaging 7.2 points on 55.9 percent (80-143) shooting from the field. Osabuohen is averaging 5.0 points and 5.5 rebounds, 14th in the conference. He also has 35 interceptions and 17 blocks.
In his first season with the Cyclones, Brockington is third in the Big 12 in both points (17.55) and rebounds (7.23). He is also fourth in shooting percentage (.469/207-441), sixth in free throw percentage (.773/99-128), and second in minutes played (34.63). The senior quarterback received four Big 12 Player of the Week awards and two Best Rookie awards.
Hunter started all 31 Iowa State games in his rookie campaign. He was second on the team in scoring (10.8 points per game) and led in total assists (155) and steals (59). His averages of 5.0 assists and 1.9 steals were third in the Big 12, and his assists to turnover ratio (1.58) was seventh.
The sophomore quarterback package leads the Wildcats in almost every offensive category, including scoring (17.4 ppg), 30-point games (3), 20-point games (7), double-digit scoring games (27), and goals scored. 3 points from the field (92). He is currently ranked 14th in the country and first in the Big 12 in three-point field goals per game (3.29), while he is ranked seventh in the nation and first in the league in percentage three-point field goals (.436/92-211). .
Real rookie Sochan plays a key role off the bench for the Bears. Playing 24.4 minutes per game, he averages 8.7 points and 6.1 rebounds for a total of 45 assists, 34 steals and 18 blocks. His rebounding average is 10th in the conference.
Drew led Baylor to a second consecutive Big 12 regular season championship, sharing this year’s crown with Kansas after both finished with league records of 14–4. The Bears are 26-5 overall and ranked 3rd nationally in the AP Poll ahead of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship. BU is fourth in the NET and his 11 Quad 1 wins are the most in the nation.
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