On Thursday, the Big 12 announced the conference’s preseason awards and teams chosen by the league’s coaches with Texas Longhorns graduate Max Abmas named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team. Graduate forward Dylan Disu, junior guard Tyrese Hunter, and sophomore forward Dillon Mitchell all received honorable mention.
A transfer from Oral Roberts, Abmas is the NCAA career scoring leader (2,562) and career scoring average leader (20.8 ppg) following his four seasons with the Golden Eagles in addition to hitting at 38.8-percent from three and 88.1 percent at the free-throw line. In 2020-21, Abmas led Oral Roberts to the Sweet 16 as a sophomore while leading the nation in scoring (24.