2024 HCS All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Team
The Big 12 women’s basketball regular season was filled with tremendous performances and some of the best players in the country.
That’s why I’ve put together the Heartland College Sports All-Big 12 team for the 2023-24 season.
Our superlative team can be found here, and we will reference it throughout. While I don’t have a vote on the Big 12 media team, our team is put together like the coaches’ team, with 10 players on the first team and five players on the second team.
You may or may not agree with my team. That’s ok. These players will settle things on the floor in Kansas City. And I’ll be there starting Friday night if you want to argue about it. Or better yet, hit the HCS Message Boards. I’m all for healthy debate.
Here is the All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball team.
First Team
G Sarah Andrews, Baylor
F Madison Booker, Texas
C Audi Crooks, Iowa State
C Taiyanna Jackson, Kansas
F Taylor Jones, Texas
C Ayoka Lee, Kansas State
G JJ Quinerly, West Virginia
G Serena Sundell, Kansas State
G Nevaeh Tot, Oklahoma
F Skylar Vann, Oklahoma
Notes: Andrews (11.2 points, 3.9 assists) was Baylor’s top guard and saw them through a hot start to Big 12 play and the valley the Bears experienced midway through. She helped them win five games in a row to end the season. Booker (16.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists) was a vital piece of Texas’ starting lineup and picked up the slack after the loss of Rori Harmon to injury. Crooks (18.3 points, 7.7 rebounds) was the HCS Freshman of the Year after leading ISU to a double-bye in the Big 12 Tournament.
Jackson (13.0 points, 10.1 rebounds) averaged a double-double for the second straight season and helped Kansas’s surge in the final month of the season. Jones (12.8 points, 6.9 rebounds) saw the Longhorns through injuries in the frontcourt all season. Lee (19.8 points, 8.3 rebounds) returned from a missed season due to knee surgery and picked up right where she left off, even though she missed several games with an unrelated injury.
Quinerly (19.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists) was the HCS Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 3.0 steals per game. She was also Top 5 in scoring. Sundell (11.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists) earned a spot with her tremendous all-around play this season. Tot (6.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists) lent her experience and defense to OU’s run to a regular-season title. She also had the second-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the Big 12. Vann (15.0 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists) was the HCS Player of the Year and, after two seasons as the Big 12’s Sixth Player of the Year.
Second Team
F Aijha Blackwell, Baylor
G Madison Conner, TCU
G Shay Holle, Texas
F Lauren Gustin, BYU
G Kaitlin Peterson, UCF
Notes: Blackwell (8.3 points, 8.1 rebounds) toggled between the starting lineup and the bench and gave the Bears solid scoring and rebounding all season. Conner (20 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists) was one of the best 3-point shooters in the conference despite missing a month with an injury. Holle (7.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists) was Texas’ glue player and for the third straight season moved off the bench and into the starting lineup to great impact.
Gustin (17.3 points, 15.4 rebounds) and Peterson (20.3 points, 3.7 rebounds) were two of the league’s most prolific players for teams that won’t make the NCAA Tournament. The quality of their teams did not impact the quality of their play, which was high-level and consistent all season.
All-Freshman Team
C Audi Crooks, Iowa State
F Addy Brown, Iowa State
F Madison Booker, Texas
G S’mya Nichols, Kansas
G Kailey Woolston, BYU
Notes: After Crooks and Booker, Crooks’ teammate, Brown (13.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.9 assists) was key to the Cyclones riding out life without Emily Ryan for the first-third of the season. Nichols (15.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists) was leaned on more and more as a scorer as the season went on and became key to Kansas’ surge in February and March. Woolston (13.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists) is the future at BYU. She led the Big 12 in 3-point shooting percentage at 45.8%.
All-Defensive Team
G Jordan Harrison, West Virginia
C Taiyanna Jackson, Kansas
C Ayoka Lee, Kansas State
G JJ Quinerly, West Virginia
G Jaelyn Glenn, Kansas State
Notes: Jackson (3.3 blocks) led the conference in the category, and Lee (2.8 blocks) was second. They were the two most imposing interior defenders in the league. Quinerly (3.0 steals) and Harrison (3.1 steals) were the only two defenders who averaged three or more steals per game. Glenn was Kansas State’s lockdown defender on the perimeter and for the second straight season averaged more than two steals per game (2.1 in 2023-24 after 2.5 in 2022-23).
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