Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year as the 2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men’s basketball awards were announced Monday.
Along with Lloyd, Wildcats guard Jaden Bradley was named Big 12 Player of the Year and forward Tobe Awaka earned the Sixth Man award.
Lloyd led Arizona to a program-record 29 regular-season wins, including 22 straight to begin the year, and led the Wildcats to their first Big 12 regular-season title.
Arizona was ranked No. 1 in the AP poll for nine straight weeks and was a unanimous No. 1 selection for four straight weeks.
The Wildcats’ coach previously won the AP National Coach of the Year and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2022 during his first season in Arizona. His 2026 honor is the first in the Big 12.
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Bradley averaged 13.4 points, 4.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 30.1 minutes played per game as Arizona’s senior leader this season.
He’s the first Wildcat to earn the Big 12 Player of the Year honor and the third Arizona player to be named the conference Player of the Year (2022 and 2023 in the Pac-12).
Bradley scored at least 20 points in five games this year, including wins over No. 4 Florida, No. 6 UConn and BYU.
Awaka earned the Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year award, averaging 9.9 points and a nation-leading 9.5 rebounds in 21.5 minutes played per game off the bench.
He’s the first Arizona player to win the award since the move to the Big 12 two years ago.
Which Arizona players made the All-Big 12 first team?
Freshman Brayden Burries and junior Motiejus Krivas joined Bradley on the All-Big 12 first team.
Arizona led the way with three selections, and Houston and Texas Tech each had two.
Burries led the Wildcats, scoring 16 points per game, and tied Bradley to lead the team with 50 steals on the season.
Krivas was Arizona’s fourth player to average at least 10 points per game this season. He also led the Wildcats with 57 blocks and ranked second (behind Awaka) on the team with 254 total rebounds.
What other All-Big 12 awards did Arizona earn?
Bradley and Krivas also earned Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors, and Koa Peat and Burries both earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors.
Peat averaged 13.8 points (second on the team behind Burries) and 5.3 rebounds per game, and had 41 combined blocks and steals on the season.
The 6-foot-8 freshman also earned All-Big 12 third team honors, and Awaka earned All-Big 12 honorable mention.
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