Arizona’s Jaden Bradley named Big 12 men’s basketball player of year

The Arizona men’s basketball team went 29-2 overall and 16-2 in the Big 12, winning the conference’s regular season title.

The Wildcats were rewarded for their dominance in the Big 12’s men’s basketball awards, which were announced on March 9.

Arizona’s Jaden Bradley was named the Big 12 Player of the Year, while Tobe Awaka earned the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year award and coach Tommy Lloyd earned Coach of the Year accolades.

Bradley averaged 13.4 points and 4.6 assists. Awaka was the nation’s leading rebounder off the bench, averaging 9.7 rebounds and 9.9 points when entering the game as a reserve. Lloyd led Arizona to its first Big 12 regular-season title.

Arizona State was completely shut out of the awards, with Moe Odum not receiving honorable mention honors despite averaging 17.1 points per game and 5.9 assists per game for the Sun Devils.

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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 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, BYU
• Themus Fulks, UCF
• Xavier Edmonds, TCU

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention:

• Arizona: Tobe Awaka
• Baylor: Tounde Yessoufou
• Cincinnati: Moustapha Thiam
• Colorado: Isaiah Johnson
• Houston: Joseph Tugler, Milos Uzan
• Kansas: Melvin Council Jr.
• Kansas State: PJ 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 extra position on the team

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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

*- unanimous selection

Reach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff.

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