Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, West Virginia’s Bob Huggins lead coaches’ All-Big 12 team
Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, the Big 12’s leading scorer, was selected by the league’s coaches as the conference player of the year. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, who led the Mountaineers to a 23-8 record and tied for fourth in the Big 12, was coach of the year. The coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players.
▪ Player of the year: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
▪ Coach of the year: Bob Huggins, West Virginia
▪ Defensive player of the year: Jameel McKay, Iowa State
▪ Sixth-man award: Taurean Prince, Baylor
▪ Newcomer of the year: TaShawn Thomas, Oklahoma
▪ Freshman of the year: Myles Turner, Texas
FIRST TEAM
Name, school | Pos. | Yr. |
Rico Gathers, Baylor | F | Jr. |
Georges Niang, Iowa State | F | Jr. |
Perry Ellis, Kansas | F | Jr. |
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma | G | Jr. |
Juwan Staten, West Virginia | G | Sr. |
SECOND TEAM
Name, school | Pos. | Yr. |
Kenny Chery, Baylor | G | Sr. |
Taurean Prince, Baylor | F | Jr. |
Monté Morris, Iowa State | G | So. |
Frank Mason III, Kansas | G | So. |
Le'Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State | F | Sr. |
THIRD TEAM
Name, school | Pos. | Yr. |
Jameel McKay, Iowa State | F | Jr. |
TaShawn Thomas, Oklahoma | F | Sr. |
Phil Forte, Oklahoma State | G | Jr. |
Isaiah Taylor, Texas | G | So. |
Myles Turner, Texas | F | Fr. |
▪ HONORABLE MENTION: Dustin Hogue, Iowa State; Kelly Oubre, Kansas; Wayne Selden, Kansas; Marcus Foster, Kansas State; Thomas Gipson, Kansas State; Nino Williams, Kansas State; Isaiah Cousins, Oklahoma; Ryan Spangler, Oklahoma; Kyan Anderson, TCU; Jonathan Holmes, Texas; Devin Williams, West Virginia.
▪ ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM: F Rico Gathers, Baylor; F Jameel McKay, Iowa State; F Michael Cobbins, Oklahoma State; G Anthony Hickey, Oklahoma State; F, Myles Turner, Texas; G Jevon Carter, West Virginia.
▪ ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM: F Jameel McKay, Iowa State; G Kelly Oubre, Kansas; F TaShawn Thomas, Oklahoma; G Anthony Hickey, Oklahoma State; F Miles Turner, Texas.
Ties in the voting created an additional spot on the All-Defensive Team
This story was originally published March 9, 2015 at 10:45 AM with the headline "Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, West Virginia’s Bob Huggins lead coaches’ All-Big 12 team."