Disu, Abmas earn spots on Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Award Teams
Disu claims Most Improved Player and first-team honors; Abmas named to second team and All-Newcomer Team.
IRVING, Texas — University of Texas graduate forward Dylan Disu and graduate guard Max Abmas earned spots on the 2023-24 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Award teams, the league office announced Sunday. The official All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league’s head coaches, and the coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Disu was named the league’s Most Improved Player, becoming the first Texas player to claim the honor since it began during the 2019-20 season, and earned All-Big 12 First Team accolades. Abmas garnered spots on the All-Big 12 Second Team and the five-person Big 12 All-Newcomer Team.
Disu, who averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per contest last season, returned to action after missing the first nine games of this year (recovery from left foot surgery) and ranks second on the team in scoring (16.1 ppg) and rebounding (4.9 rpg), third in blocks (24) and fourth in minutes (25.5 mpg). He has played in 22 games (17 starts) and converted 50.2-percent (128-255) from the floor, including an impressive 51.3-percent (39-76) from three-point range, and 81.1-percent (60-74) from the free throw line.
In Big 12 play only, Disu ranks second in the conference in scoring (17.2 ppg), third in field goal percentage (.502, 128-255), seventh in blocks (1.06 bpg), 13th in steals (1.44 spg) and 16th in rebounding (5.2 rpg). He was the Oscar Robertson Trophy National Player of the Week (Feb. 13) and Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 12).Disu’s selection to the All-Big 12 First Team marks the second-straight year that Texas has had a player named to the league’s first team. Prior to Marcus Carr earning that accolade last season, the Longhorns had not had a first-team all-conference player since Isaiah Taylor in 2016.
Abmas has played and started all 31 games this year and leads the team in scoring (16.8 ppg), assists (4.3 apg) and minutes (35.0 mpg). He has hit 37.1-percent (86-232) from three-point range and 91.1-percent (82-90) from the free throw line and sports a 1.87 assist-to-turnover ratio (133-71) this season. Abmas also tied the UT single-season mark for most three-pointers made in Big 12 play (50-138), joining Kevin Durant (2006-07) and Daniel Gibson (2005-06) in the record book.
Abmas has reached double figures in scoring in 28 of 31 games played this year, including nine 20-point efforts and a pair of 30-point performances. He was a three-time selection as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 18, Jan. 15 and Feb. 5) this season.
Abmas has moved into the No. 8 spot on the NCAA Division I men’s all-time scoring list with 3,084 points in 154 career games. He also has climbed into the No. 4 spot on the NCAA Division I men’s all-time three-point field goals made chart with 506 career three-pointers.
Texas (20-11, 9-9 Big 12) is the No. 7 seed in the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship in Kansas City. The Longhorns will open play in a second-round contest against No. 10 seed Kansas State on Wednesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. Central (Big 12 Now on ESPN+).