College Basketball 2012-13 Preseason Awards Projections

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Awards and Honors

Player of the Year	Cody Zeller	C
Freshman of the Year	Isaiah Austin	C
Coach of the Year	Dave Rice	HC
Top Impact Transfer	Trent Lockett (From Arizona State)	SG
Sixth Man of the Year	Luke Hancock	G/F
Defensive POY	Jeff Withey	C
Top Red-Shirt	Ben McLemore	SG
Comeback POY	Trevor Mbakwe	PF
Best Team Offense
Best Team Defense
Best Backcourt
Best Frontcourt
Best Starting-5
Best Bench

Dishonorable Mention

Most Disappointing Team
Most Disappointing Player	Peyton Siva
Most Disappointing Freshman	Mitch McGary
Most Disappointing Senior	Elijah Johnson

First Team All-Americans

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Phil Pressey	Missouri	PG	Senior
Isaiah Canaan	Murray State	PG	Senior
Doug McDermott	Creighton	SF	Junior
DeShaun Thomas	Ohio State	PF	Junior
Cody Zeller	Indiana	C	Sophomore

Second Team All-Americans

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Nate Wolters	South Dakota State	PG	Senior
C.J. McCollum	Lehigh	PG	Senior
Jamaal Franklin	San Diego State	G/F	Junior
Mike Moser	UNLV	PF	Junior
Jack Cooley	Notre Dame	F/C	Senior

Third Team All-Americans

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Pierre Jackson	Baylor	PG	Senior
Trey Burke	Michigan	PG	Sophomore
Chane Behanan	Louisville	F	Sophomore
C.J. Leslie	N.C. State	PF	Junior
Jeff Withey	Kansas	C	Senior

Freshman All-American Team

Player	Team	Pos.
Kyle Anderson	UCLA	PG/SF
Marcus Smart	Oklahoma State	SG
Alex Poythress	Kentucky	SF
Anthony Bennett	UNLV	PF
Isaiah Austin	Baylor	C

Top Breakout Players

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Quinn Cook	Duke	PG	Sophomore
BJ Young	Arkansas	PG	Sophomore
Adonis Thomas	Memphis	SG	Sophomore
Tony Mitchell	North Texas	PF	Sophomore
Jarnell Stokes	Tennessee	PF	Sophomore