

CT on ESPN+ as a part of BU's annual "Future Bears Day." 7, with a home game against Incarnate Word. In his injury-shortened season, he led the team in scoring eight different times and topped the 12-point mark in 13 games.īaylor opens the 2022-23 season on Monday, Nov. The junior burst onto the scene last year as a sophomore, scoring 256 points in 19 games, which was more than triple his previous season's total of 67 in 20 games. 468 from three-point range, which led the Big 12 Conference, and was third nationally until he fell below the minimum games-played threshold. The senior from Duluth, Ga., was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team by the coaches and the Associated Press last season, in addition to being selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 8 Second Team.Ĭryer is coming off a career year despite missing 15 games with injury. This past summer, he averaged 22.8 points to lead the Bears to the GLOBL JAM championship game in Canada.įlagler, one of three unanimous selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 squad, enters the season coming off a stellar junior campaign that saw him top the double-digit scoring mark a team-leading 23 times, played an integral role in the Bears' second-consecutive Big 12 Championship. The freshman from Lewisville, Texas, was named MVP of the 2021 3x3 U18 World Cup while playing for USA Basketball. Last season at IMG Academy, he averaged 17.8 points per game while shooting. The fifth McDonalds All-American in program history, George is the highest-ranked recruit in BU history. George follows Kendall Brown, who was last year's Preseason Freshman of the Year, and BU is now just the third program in Big 12 history to have back-to-back winners.


The Preseason All-Big 12 Team is typically five players, but a tie in voting created the sixth spot for 2022-23. Preseason All-Big 12 teams are voted on by the league's head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players. IRVING, Texas – Baylor men's basketball's Keyonte George was named the Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Adam Flagler was selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, announced Wednesday by the conference office.Īdditionally, George and junior guard LJ Cryer were All-Big 12 honorable mention selections.
