Big 12 Basketball 2012-13 Preseason Projections

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The college hoops season is right around the corner, and Busting Brackets is here to whet your basketball-starved appetite. Over the next five weeks, we are publishing season previews team by team, conference by conference, to offer a glimpse into the upcoming season. Busting Brackets is giving you the lowdown on the biggest storylines, offseason changes and x-factors for each team and each league as we roll into the 2012-13 season. Our complete season preview archive can be accessed here. Buckle up, peeps.

Projected Big 12 Standings

	Team	League Record	NCAA tourney?
1	Kansas	13-5	Yes
2	Baylor	12-6	Yes
3	Kansas State	11-7	Yes
4	Texas	11-7	Yes
5	Oklahoma State	10-8	Yes
6	Oklahoma	9-9	No
7	West Virginia	8-10	No
8	Iowa State	8-10	No
9	Texas Christian	5-13	No
10	Texas Tech	3-15	No

Awards and Honors

Player of the Year	Pierre Jackson	G
Freshman of the Year	Isaiah Austin	C
Coach of the Year	Lon Kruger	HC
Top Impact Transfer	Will Clyburn	SG
Sixth Man of the Year	Amath M’Baye	PF
Defensive POY	Jeff Withey	C
Top Red-Shirt	Ben McLemore	SG
Comeback POY	Le’Bryan Nash	SF
Best Team Offense
Best Team Defense
Best Backcourt
Best Frontcourt
Best Starting-5
Best Bench

Dishonorable Mention

Most Disappointing Team
Most Disappointing Player	Jabarie Hinds
Most Disappointing Freshman	Cameron Ridley
Most Disappointing Senior	Korie Lucious
Projected Breakout Player Who May Not Break Out	Myck Kabongo
Worst Team Offense
Worst Team Defense
Worst Backcourt
Worst Frontcourt

First-Team All-Big 12

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Pierre Jackson	Baylor	PG	Senior
Steven Pledger	Oklahoma	SG	Senior
Rodney McGruder	Kansas State	SG	Senior
Deniz Kilicili	West Virginia	PF	Senior
Jeff Withey	Kansas	C	Senior

Second-Team All-Big 12

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Eljiah Johnson	Kansas	PG	Senior
Sheldon McClellan	Texas	SG	Sophomore
Melvin Ejim	Iowa State	SF	Junior
Romero Osby	Oklahoma	PF	Senior
Isaiah Austin	Baylor	C	Freshman

Third-Team All-Big 12

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Myck Kabongo	Texas	PG	Sophomore
Travis Releford	Kansas	SG	Senior
Le’Bryan Nash	Oklahoma State	SF	Sophomore
Perry Ellis	Kansas	PF	Freshman
Jordan Henriquez	Kansas State	C	Senior

All-Big 12 Freshman Team

Player	Team	Pos.
Marcus Smart	Oklahoma State	PG
Ben McLemore	Kansas	SG
Ricardo Gathers	Baylor	PF
Perry Ellis	Kansas	PF
Isaiah Austin	Baylor	C

Top Big 12 Breakout Players (Non-Freshmen)

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Angel Rodriguez	Kansas State	PG	Sophomore
Sheldon McClellan	Texas	SG	Sophomore
Jordan Tolbert	Texas Tech	SF	Sophomore
Amath M’baye	Oklahoma	PF	Junior
Jordan Henriquez	Kansas State	C	Senior