Edmonds Named Preseason All-Big 12
10/15/2026 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
TCU picked seventh in preseason poll
FORT WORTH – Senior forward Xavier Edmonds was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team on Thursday, as voted on by the Big 12 head coaches.
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Edmonds averaged 12.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists last season on the way to earning All-Big 12 Third Team honors. He excelled towards the end of his first season as a Horned Frog recording 11-straight double-doubles during Big 12 play, a total which was the most in conference play. Edmonds scored in double figures 22 times and had four games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 26 points to go with 10 rebounds against Kansas State on a season-best nine made field goals on 10 attempts.
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The Long Beach, Calif., native ranked fourth in Big 12 only games with 8.4 rebounds and brought down a season-high 13 rebounds twice. Edmonds' shooting was efficient, ranking third in Big 12 only games with 55.9 percent shooting from the field. He shot a team-best 43.6 percent (24-of-55) from 3-point range and made at least one 3-pointer in the last nine games of the season.
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Edmonds was one of 10 players on the All-Big 12 Preseason Team, which included Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Motiejus Krivas from Arizona, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Paulius Murauskas from Arizona State and Preseason Freshman of the Year Tyran Stokes from Kansas.
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Also announced on Thursday was the preseason coaches poll, which had TCU picked seventh. Reigning Big 12 Champion Arizona was picked to win the league, followed closely by Houston and then Kansas was third.
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TCU, which opens the season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2 against Lindenwood, returns five players from last season's team and welcomes 10 newcomers for Jamie Dixon's 11th season as head coach of the Horned Frogs. TCU went a program best 11-7 in the Big 12 last season and finished sixth. The Frogs have reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the last five seasons.
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Season and single game tickets are on sale now through GoFrogs.com.
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Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
1.    Arizona (12) – 220 points
2.    Houston (4) – 214 points
3.    Kansas – 186 points
4.    Iowa State – 181 points
5.    Texas Tech – 180 points
6.    BYU – 148 points
7.    TCU – 137 points
8.    Cincinnati – 116 points
      West Virginia – 116 points
10.   Baylor – 102 points
11.   Oklahoma State – 98 points
12.   Arizona State – 75 points
13.   UCF – 55 points
14.   Colorado – 34 points
      Kansas State – 34 points
16.   Utah – 24 points
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Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Honors
Preseason Player of the Year: Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Tyran Stokes, Kansas
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All-Big 12 Preseason Team
Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Robert Wright III, BYU*
Dedan Thomas Jr., Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Tyran Stokes, Kansas
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*
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Players are sorted alphabetically by school
*Indicates unanimous selection
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Edmonds averaged 12.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists last season on the way to earning All-Big 12 Third Team honors. He excelled towards the end of his first season as a Horned Frog recording 11-straight double-doubles during Big 12 play, a total which was the most in conference play. Edmonds scored in double figures 22 times and had four games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 26 points to go with 10 rebounds against Kansas State on a season-best nine made field goals on 10 attempts.
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The Long Beach, Calif., native ranked fourth in Big 12 only games with 8.4 rebounds and brought down a season-high 13 rebounds twice. Edmonds' shooting was efficient, ranking third in Big 12 only games with 55.9 percent shooting from the field. He shot a team-best 43.6 percent (24-of-55) from 3-point range and made at least one 3-pointer in the last nine games of the season.
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Edmonds was one of 10 players on the All-Big 12 Preseason Team, which included Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Motiejus Krivas from Arizona, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Paulius Murauskas from Arizona State and Preseason Freshman of the Year Tyran Stokes from Kansas.
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Also announced on Thursday was the preseason coaches poll, which had TCU picked seventh. Reigning Big 12 Champion Arizona was picked to win the league, followed closely by Houston and then Kansas was third.
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TCU, which opens the season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2 against Lindenwood, returns five players from last season's team and welcomes 10 newcomers for Jamie Dixon's 11th season as head coach of the Horned Frogs. TCU went a program best 11-7 in the Big 12 last season and finished sixth. The Frogs have reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the last five seasons.
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Season and single game tickets are on sale now through GoFrogs.com.
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Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
1.    Arizona (12) – 220 points
2.    Houston (4) – 214 points
3.    Kansas – 186 points
4.    Iowa State – 181 points
5.    Texas Tech – 180 points
6.    BYU – 148 points
7.    TCU – 137 points
8.    Cincinnati – 116 points
      West Virginia – 116 points
10.   Baylor – 102 points
11.   Oklahoma State – 98 points
12.   Arizona State – 75 points
13.   UCF – 55 points
14.   Colorado – 34 points
      Kansas State – 34 points
16.   Utah – 24 points
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Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Honors
Preseason Player of the Year: Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Tyran Stokes, Kansas
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All-Big 12 Preseason Team
Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Robert Wright III, BYU*
Dedan Thomas Jr., Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Tyran Stokes, Kansas
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*
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Players are sorted alphabetically by school
*Indicates unanimous selection
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