Devonté Graham, Bill Self win AP All-Big 12 awards
Kansas' Devonté Graham and Bill Self have been voted best in the Big 12 by The Associated Press.
Graham won Big 12 player of the year, while Self was the conference's coach of the year, as the AP released its All-Big 12 basketball teams Tuesday afternoon.
Both men were honored Sunday as well, with Graham picking up the coaches' vote for player of the year while Self was co-coach of the year with Texas Tech's Chris Beard.
The AP and coaches' All-Big 12 teams had only one difference: Texas' Mohamed Bamba was placed on the first team in the AP ballot ahead of Kansas State's Dean Wade.
Graham was a unanimous AP first-team selection along with Oklahoma's Trae Young, who was voted as newcomer of the year.
KU and K-State had four of the five All-Big 12 second-team selections. KU was represented there by Udoka Azubuike and Svi Mykhailiuk, while K-State's Wade was joined by teammate Barry Brown.
The Jayhawks' Malik Newman received honorable mention.
Also Tuesday, Graham and Self won the U.S. Basketball Writers all-district player and coach of the year awards. Graham was joined on the all-district team, which encompasses Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota and North Dakota, by teammate Udoka Azubuike, Kansas State's Barry Brown and Dean Wade, South Dakota State's Mike Daum, Creighton's Marcus Foster, Nebraska's James Palmer Jr., Missouri's Kassius Robertson, Iowa State's Lindell Wigginton, and Oklahoma's Trae Young.
2018 AP All-Big 12 team
Coach of the year: Bill Self, Kansas
Player of the year: Devonté Graham, Kansas
Newcomer of the year: Trae Young, Oklahoma
FIRST TEAM
Devonté Graham, Kansas*
Trae Young, Oklahoma*
Mohamed Bamba, Texas
Jevon Carter, West Virginia
Keenan Evans, Texas Tech
SECOND TEAM
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Barry Brown Jr., Kansas State
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Kansas
Dean Wade, Kansas State
Kenrich Williams, TCU
*Unanimous
Honorable mention: Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU; Jeffrey Carroll, Oklahoma State; Sagaba Konate, West Virginia; Manu Lecomte, Baylor; Jo Lual-Acuil Jr., Baylor; Malik Newman, Kansas; Zhaire Smith, Texas Tech; Mitchell Solomon, Oklahoma State; Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State.
AP All-Big 12 Voting Panel: Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman; Tommy Birch, Des Moines Register; Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News; Paul Catalina, ESPN Central Texas; Mark Cooper, Tulsa World; Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman; Matt Galloway, Topeka Capital-Journal; Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post; Tom Keegan, Lawrence Journal-World; Kevin Lyttle, Austin American-Statesman; Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register; Soren Petro, Sports Radio 810; Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle; Nathan Ruiz, The Oklahoman; Carlos Silva Jr., Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Cody Stavenhagen, Tulsa World; Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette-Mail; John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald.
This story was originally published March 6, 2018 at 12:37 PM with the headline "Devonté Graham, Bill Self win AP All-Big 12 awards."