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AP All-Big 12: Kansas wins another title, sweeps AP awards

Posted March 06, 2017 6:00 am

By STEPHEN HAWKINS

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Kansas guard Frank Mason III (0) celebrates with teammates on the bench during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against TCU in Lawrence, Kan. Mason was selected as the All-Big 12 Player of the Year, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, FIle) The Associated Press

For only the second time while winning 13 consecutive Big 12 titles, the Kansas Jayhawks have both The Associated Press conference player and coach of the year in the same season.

Kansas senior guard Frank Mason III, the league's leading scorer at 20.5 points a game, was the unanimous pick as the league's top player in the AP All-Big 12 voting revealed Monday. Bill Self is the coach of the year for the third consecutive season and sixth time in 12 years.

With guard Josh Jackson voted the league's top newcomer , the Jayhawks earned a clean sweep of the individual awards. Jackson, the league's top-scoring freshman at 16.4 points a game, was also a first-team pick.

Baylor junior Johnathan Motley joined Mason as the only unanimous picks for AP All-Big 12 on the 18 ballots cast by a panel of journalists who regularly cover the Big 12 in the league's five states. Joining Motley and the Kansas duo on the first team were Iowa State senior Monte Morris and Oklahoma State sophomore Jawun Evans .

Self was also the top coach in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016, but the only other of those years when the Jayhawks also had the top player was Marcus Morris in 2011.

The Kansas coach got 12 votes, while Brad Underwood got four in his first season at Oklahoma State, and Baylor's Scott Drew got the remaining two after the Bears reached No. 1 this season for the first time in school history.

The 2017 AP All-Big 12 team, with players listed with school, classification, height, weight, class and hometown ("u-" denotes unanimous selections):

FIRST TEAM

u-Frank Mason III, Kansas, Sr., 5-11, 190, Petersburg, Virginia.

u-Johnathan Motley, Baylor, Jr., 6-10, 230, Houston.

Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State, So., 6-1, 185, Dallas.

Josh Jackson, Kansas, Fr., 6-8, 207, Detroit.

Monte Morris, Iowa State, Sr., 6-3, 175, Flint, Michigan.

SECOND TEAM

Jarrett Allen, Texas, Fr., 6-11, 235, Round Rock, Texas.

Deonte Burton, Iowa State, Sr., 6-4, 250, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Jeffrey Carroll, Oklahoma State, Jr., 6-6, 215, Rowlett, Texas.

Jevon Carter, West Virginia, Jr., 6-2, 200, Maywood, Illinois.

Devonte' Graham, Kansas, Jr., 6-2, 185, Raleigh, North Carolina.

HONORABLE MENTION

Nathan Adrian, West Virginia; Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU; Keenan Evans, Texas Tech; Phil Forte III, Oklahoma State; Wesley Iwundu, Kansas State; Jo Lual-Acuil Jr., Baylor; Manu Lecomte, Baylor; Landen Lucas, Kansas; Naz Mitrou-Long, Iowa State; Zach Smith, Texas Tech.

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Coach of the year - Bill Self, Kansas.

Player of the year - Frank Mason III, Kansas.

Newcomer of the year - Josh Jackson, Kansas.

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AP All-Big 12 Voting Panel: Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman; Eric Bailey, Tulsa World; Tommy Birch, Des Moines Register; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News; Mark Cooper, Tulsa World; Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman; Kevin Haskin, Topeka Capital-Journal; John Helsley, The Oklahoman; Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post; Tom Keegan, Lawrence Journal-World; Kevin Lyttle, Austin American-Statesman; Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register; Soren Petro, Sports Radio 810; Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle; Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette-Mail; John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald.

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More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 .

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2016, file photo, Kansas coach Bill Self listens to a reporters question during Big 12 NCAA college basketball media day in Kansas City, Mo. Self was named the All-Big 12 NCAA college basketball Coach of the Year, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File) The Associated Press

FILE - These are file photos showing members of the 2017 AP All-Big 12 NCAA college basketball first team. From left are Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State; Josh Jackson, Kansas; Frank Mason III, Kansas ; Monte Morris, Iowa State and Johnathan Motley, Baylor. (AP Photo/File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2016, file photo, Kansas' Josh Jackson (11) shoots over Georgia's Yante Maten during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Kansas City, Mo. Jackson was selected to the 2017 AP All-Big 12 NCAA college basketball first team, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) The Associated Press

FiLE - In this Feb. 4, 2017, file photo, Kansas guard Frank Mason III (0) scores while covered by Iowa State guard Monte Morris (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lawrence, Kan. Mason was selected to the 2017 AP All-Big 12 NCAA college basketball first team, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, Kansas guard Josh Jackson reacts after hitting a 3-point shot against Duke during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in New York. Jackson was selected as the All-Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017, file photo, Iowa State's Monte Morris (11) takes a shot past Kansas State's Barry Brown (5) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ames, Iowa. Morris was selected to the 2017 AP All-Big 12 NCAA college basketball first team, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Scott Morgan, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2016, file photo, Baylor forward Johnathan Motley dunks against John Brown University in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Waco, Texas. Motley was selected to the 2017 AP All-Big 12 NCAA college basketball first team, Monday, March 6, 2017. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald, via AP) The Associated Press

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