Bane Named Preseason All-Big 12
10/16/2019 9:54:00 AM | Men's Basketball
IRVING, Texas – TCU senior guard Desmond Bane earned his second preseason honor in as many days when he was named Preseason All-Big 12 on Wednesday.
Bane is the second TCU player in the four years that Jamie Dixon has been head coach to be named one of the top five players on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. Vladimir Brodziansky earned the preseason honor in 2017. Bane was named one of 20 players on the watch list for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award on Tuesday.
Bane, the Big 12's top returning scorer, averaged 15.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game last season as a junior. The Richmond, Ind., native was named All-Big 12 Second Team by the Big 12 coaches and Associate Press and was USBWA All-District VII. Bane made 215 field goals last season, the most by a TCU player since the 1999-2000 season. He scored 10 or more points in 26 out of 37 games and scored 20 or more eight times. His career-high of 34 points came in a 69-56 win at Texas on March 9, 2019, which was the most by a TCU player since 2012.
Along with Bane, others selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 team were Preseason Player of the Year Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Tristan Clark (Baylor), Devon Dotson (Kansas) and Tyrese Haliburton (Iowa State). Chris Clarke (Texas Tech) was selected as the Preseason Newcomer of the Year and Oscar Tshiebwe (West Virginia) was named Preseason Freshman of the Year. The honors were voted on by head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
