The following is a press release from Iowa State Athletics Communications:
IRVING, Texas – A pair of Iowa State men’s basketball players have earned preseason honors from the Big 12 coaches. Tamin Lipsey and Keshon Gilbert were each named to the 10 player All-Big 12 Preseason Team, with Lipsey named to the first team and Gilbert to the second. The Cyclones were picked to finish third in the league behind Kansas and Houston.
The pair were each named All-Big 12 last season, with Lipsey being named to the first team and Gilbert to the second team. Lipsey and Gilbert, along with Milan Momcilovic, were named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team, where Gilbert was named the MVP as the Cyclones won the title for the fifth time in the last 10 years.
Only four players in the country averaged at least 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game last season, with Lipsey and Gilbert accounting for two of the four. They were the first duo in NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball history to each average those numbers in the same season. ADVERTISING
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Preseason Big 12 Poll
- Kansas (9 first-place votes) – 215 points
- Houston (5) – 211
- Iowa State (1) – 194
- Baylor – 185
- Arizona (1) – 179
- Cincinnati – 140
- Texas Tech – 135
- Kansas State – 133
- BYU – 116
- TCU – 90
- UCF – 83
- Arizona State – 64
- West Virginia – 62
- Oklahoma State – 46
- Colorado – 37
- Utah – 30
Preseason All-Big 12 First Team
Caleb Love, Arizona
LJ Cryer, Houston
J’Wan Roberts, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas*
*- unanimous selection
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team
Norchad Omier, Baylor
Jeremy Roach, Baylor
Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr., Kansas
Coleman Hawkins, K-State
Preseason Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Preseason Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor
Preseason Co-Newcomer of the Year: Coleman Hawkins, K-State
Preseason Freshman of the Year: VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
