Ochai Agbaji Is Big 12 Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2022 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament on Saturday night.
Agbaji scored 16 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out two assists for the Jayhawks, who won the Big 12 Tournament title for the first time since the 2018 season.
Agbaji was named the Big 12 Player of the Year before the Big 12 Tournament began. He is also on the Wooden Award ballot, given to the nation’s best player.
Before the victory over Texas Tech, Agbaji had 18 points in the 87-63 victory over West Virginia on Thursday. He then scored 22 points against TCU in a 75-62 win over TCU on Friday.
The Jayhawks claimed the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The field will be announced on Sunday, and right now the Jayhawks are considered a No. 1 seed going into the NCAA Tournament. Saturday’s win may have clinched it.
The Big 12 All-Tournament team included Agbaji, Kanas guard Christian Braun, Texas Tech forward Bryson Williams, Texas Tech guard/forward Terrence Shannon, Oklahoma guard Umoja Gibson and TCU guard Mike Miles.
Big 12 Most Outstanding Player History
2022 Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
2021 Matt Coleman III, Texas
2019 Marial Shayok, Iowa State
2018 Malik Newman, Kansas
2017 Monte Morris, Iowa State
2016 Devonte’ Graham, Kansas
2015 Georges Niang, Iowa State
2014 DeAndre Kane, Iowa State
2013 Jeff Withey, Kansas
2012 Kim English, Missouri
2011 Marcus Morris, Kansas
2010 Sherron Collins, Kansas
2009 DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
2008 Brandon Rush, Kansas
2007 Kevin Durant, Texas
2006 Mario Chalmers, Kansas
2005 Joey Graham, Oklahoma State
2004 Tony Allen, Oklahoma State
2003 Hollis Price, Oklahoma
2002 Hollis Price, Oklahoma
2001 Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma
2000 Marcus Fizer, Iowa State
1999 Jeff Boschee, Kansas
1998 Paul Pierce, Kansas
1997 Paul Pierce, Kansas
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