Big 12 conference tournament 201812/18/2023 Named the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week on Feb. He was also the AAC Rookie of the Year in 2015-16.Ī native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Dotson averaged 12.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.8 apg and 1.3 spg in Big 12 play. While at Memphis, Lawson was All-American Athletic Conference first team in 2016-17 and second team in 2015-16. This is the third time Lawson has been named all-conference. Lawson is 10th in the Big 12 with a 49.1 field goal percentage. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week (11/12, 11/26, 12/26) and five-time league newcomer of the week (12/3, 12/17, 1/14, 1/28, 2/11), Lawson leads KU with 33 blocked shots and his 1.1 blocks per game are fifth in the conference. A national player of the year and All-American candidate, Lawson has 15 games of 20 or more points and he is the only player in the league averaging a double-double. The Memphis, Tennessee, forward leads the Big 12 in scoring at 19.1 ppg, rebounding at 10.6 rpg and with 20 double-doubles, which ranks tied for sixth nationally. Kansas has 22 All-Big 12 First Team choices in the 16 seasons under head coach Bill Self.Ī Naismith Trophy semifinalist and named to the Wooden Award Final Ballot, Lawson has posted four straight double-doubles after his 23 points and 14 rebounds against Baylor (3/9) in the regular-season finale. Lawson gives Kansas a first-team selection for the 19th-consecutive season and the 21st time in the history of the league. In the 23-year history of the conference, Kansas lays claim to a league-best 119 All-Big 12 selections which includes first-, second-, third-, honorable mention, all-defensive, all-freshman and all-newcomer team honorees. ![]() Texas Tech’s Chris Beard is the Big 12 Coach of the Year. Texas’ Jaxson Hayes is the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, while Iowa State’s Lindell Wigginton won the Sixth Man Award and Oklahoma’s Kristian Doolittle the Most Improved Player Award. Culver is the Big 12 Player of the Year, while Brown is the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Lawson, Brown and Culver were unanimous selections by the league coaches. (Kansas State), Dean Wade (Kansas State) and Jarrett Culver (Texas Tech). Lawson was joined on the All-Big 12 First Team by Marial Shayok (Iowa State), Barry Brown Jr. Dating back to the Big Eight Conference, Lawson is the 10th Kansas player to be named its conference’s newcomer of the year (see list below). Lawson is the second-consecutive Jayhawk to be named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year as Malik Newman earned the honor in 2017-18. It just adds to the competitiveness of the tournaments.” If anything, this will be motivation for all the players either selected or not selected to go either validate their season-long performance in the upcoming tournaments or to prove people wrong. I thought it was good for those two (Dedric and Devon) and I thought Marcus (Garrett) making the all-defensive team was definitely deserving and I think he would have a chance for defensive player of the year if he hadn’t got injured. The only thing I am disappointed with is I thought Devon should have been second team.The other thing that is disappointing is, without Udoka (Azuibuike) and Lagerald (Vick) eligible, you don’t have anybody that made honorable mention, which is probably a first for us in many, many years. ![]() I thought either one would have been a good choice. I think Dedric being named first team and Devon (Dotson) third team are very deserving. ![]() “Jarrett (Culver) probably deserved it based on how their team finished and how he finished, and I thought Barry (Brown) was right there as well. “I’m proud of Dedric (Lawson) being first team, and you know he was right there for player of the year,” said head coach Bill Self. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own team. Sophomore Marcus Garrett was named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. The redshirt-junior forward was joined on the all-league team by KU guard Devon Dotson, who was third team honoree and also selected to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Lawson was selected the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and a unanimous selection for All-Big 12 First Team. IRVING, Texas – Highlighted by Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Dedric Lawson, Kansas is well represented on the men’s basketball 2018-19 All-Big 12 Team selected by the conference coaches, the league announced Sunday.
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