Kansas Jayhawks’ Ochai Agbaji wins another Big 12 basketball player of the year award
.JPG "Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji pulls up for a jumper in Tuesday night’s game against TCU in Fort Worth, Texas (March 1, 2022).")
Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji has been named the 2021-22 Associated Press Big 12 men’s basketball player of the year in a unanimous vote of 17 media members who cover the league.
Agbaji, a 6-foot-5 Kansas City native, on Sunday earned conference player of the year honors in a unanimous vote of the Big 12 coaches.
Kansas State’s Nijel Pack was named first-team all-league by the AP on Tuesday with Agbaji, James Akinjo (Baylor), Izaiah Brockington (Iowa State) and Bryson Williams (Texas Tech).
The second team consists of Kansas’ Christian Braun as well as Timmy Allen (Texas), Adam Flagler (Baylor), Mike Miles (TCU) and Taz Sherman (West Virginia).
Mark Adams of Texas Tech is the AP coach of the year and Brockington is newcomer of the year. Adams received eight votes, one more than Baylor’s Scott Drew. Iowa State’s T.J. Otzelberger received the other two votes.
Agbaji is averaging 19.8 points a game on 47.7% shooting. He’s ranked second in the league in three-pointers per game (2.9).
Associated Press All-Big 12 team
The 2022 AP All-Big 12 team, with players listed with school, height, weight, class and hometown (“u-” denotes unanimous selections):
FIRST TEAM
u-Ochai Agbaji, Kansas, 6-5, 215, Sr., Kansas City, Missouri.
James Akinjo, Baylor, 6-1, 190, Sr., Oakland, California.
Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State, 6-4, 196, Sr., Philadelphia.
Nijel Pack, Kansas State, 6-0, 180, So., Indianapolis.
Bryson Williams, Texas Tech, 6-8, 240, Sr., Fresno, California.
SECOND TEAM
Timmy Allen, Texas, 6-6, 210, Sr., Mesa, Arizona
Christian Braun, Kansas, 6-7, 218, Jr., Burlington, Kansas.
Adam Flagler, Baylor, 6-3, 185, Jr., Duluth, Georgia.
Mike Miles Jr., TCU, 6-2, 195, So., Dallas.
Taz Sherman, West Virginia, 6-4, 190, Sr., Missouri City, Texas.
Coach of the year — Mark Adams, Texas Tech.
Player of the year — Ochai Agbaji, Kansas.
Newcomer of the year — Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State.
AP All-Big 12 Voting Panel: Eric Bailey, Tulsa World; Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News; Jesse Crittenden, Norman Transcript; Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman; Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Arne Green, Salina Journal; Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post; Eric Kelly, KWKT-TV, Waco, Texas; Eli Lederman, Tulsa World; Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star; Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register; Ryan Pritt, Charleston Gazette-Mail; Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle; Carlos Silva Jr., Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Matt Tait, Lawrence Journal-World; Jacob Unruh, The Oklahoman; John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald.
