For the second straight season, BYU boasts a First Team All-Big 12 men’s basketball selection.
The conference announced its yearly awards Monday afternoon, with Cougars superstar AJ Dybantsa earning unanimous first-team honors along with the Freshman of the Year award.
Dybantsa’s recognition comes as a result of his 24.7 points-per-game average, the highest such mark in the country, along with averages of 6.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists.
But Dybantsa was surprisingly not tabbed for Big 12 Player of the Year, losing out to Jaden Bradley of regular-season conference champion Arizona.
Richie Saunders, BYU’s First Team selection from last year, received a Second Team nod despite suffering a torn ACL nearly a month ago. At the time of his injury, Saunders was playing at a First Team-level pace, averaging 18.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game on 48.9% shooting.
Cougars point guard Rob Wright III, with 18.6 points and 4.6 assists per game to his name, was named to the Third Team, while Utah guard Terrence Brown was an Honorable Mention selection after averaging 19.8 points and 3.8 assists per game.
Here is the full list of Big 12 honorees this year.
2025-26 All-Big 12 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 Burries, Arizona
- Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
- AJ Dybantsa, BYU
- Emanuel Sharp, Houston
- Kingston Flemings, Houston
- Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
- Flory Bidunga, Kansas
- Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
- JT 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 III, BYU
- Themus Fulks, UCF
- Xavier Edmonds, TCU
Honorable Mention
- Tobe Awaka, Arizona
- Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor
- Moustapha Thiam, Cincinnati
- Isaiah Johnson, Colorado
- Joseph Tugler, Houston
- Milos Uzan, Houston
- Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
- PJ Haggerty, Kansas State
- Parsa Fallah, Oklahoma State
- David Punch, TCU
- Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech
- Honor Huff, West Virginia
- Terrence Brown, Utah
All-Defensive Team
- Jaden Bradley, Arizona
- Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
- Emanuel Sharp, Houston
- Joseph Tugler, Houston
- Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
- Flory Bidunga, Kansas
All-Freshman Team
- Brayden Burries, 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
The All-Big 12 men’s basketball awards are voted on by the league’s head coaches.