LUBBOCK – One of the most dynamic players in the nation throughout the season, Texas Tech sophomore guard Christian Anderson has been honored by being named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 Most Improved Player. The 2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men’s basketball awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Anderson established a new Texas Tech single-season record with 233 assists in the regular season along with averaging 19.2 points per game and making 103 3-pointers. His 7.8 assists per game leads the Big 12 and is third nationally while he ranks fifth in the conference in scoring. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Anderson has also been named to the Wooden Award Ballot and is on the Naismith National Player of the Year Late-Season Watchlist. Anderson has recorded eight double-doubles this season and has scored 20-plus points in 12 games. He scored a career-high with 34 points in the season opener against Lindenwood and went off for 31 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in a win over Cincinnati.
Anderson leads Tech with 28 double-figure scoring performances this season, including going for 23 points with six 3-pointers at BYU in the regular-season finale. His 103 made 3-pointers broke the previous Texas Tech single-season record and is currently only behind teammate Donovan Atwell who has made 121 this season. Anderson is the only player in Tech’s history to record 200-plus assists and make 100 3s in a season. Along with his program records, Anderson had 141 assists in Big 12 play which is the second most ever and only behind Trae Young (Oklahoma) who had 145 against conference opponents in the 2017-18 season. He goes into the postseason on a streak of 14 straight games with six or more assists and has eight double-figure assist performances this season.
Anderson made a career-high eight 3-pointers at Baylor, going 8-for-10 from beyond the arc and finishing with 26 points. One of the most consistent and durable players nationally, he led the Big 12 and is second in the country by playing 38:37 minutes per game – including playing all 40 minutes in 12 games this season. He is currently 103-for-241 (42.7%) from beyond the arc for the season and is 192-for-399 (48.1%) from the field overall.
An Atlanta, Georgia native, Anderson earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team last season when he averaged 10.6 points, made 71 3-pointers and had 77 assists as a freshman. Those numbers were more than doubled this season during his sophomore season. Through 65 career games, Anderson has 948 points, 310 assists and is 174-for-428 (40.7%) on 3-pointers.
2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards
Player of the Year: Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Defensive Player of the Year: Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Freshman of the Year: AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Newcomer of the Year: Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Sixth Man Award: Tobe Awaka, Arizona*
Most Improved: Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
Coach of the Year: Tommy Lloyd, Arizona
All-Big 12 First Team
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Brayden Burries, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*
All-Big 12 Second Team
Richie Saunders, BYU
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
All-Big 12 Third Team
Koa Peat, Arizona
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Rob Wright, BYU
Themus Fulks, UCF
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention:
Arizona: Tobe Awaka
Baylor: Tounde Yessoufou
Cincinnati: Moustapha Thiam
Colorado: Isaiah Johnson
Houston: Joseph Tugler, Milos Uzan
Kansas: Melvin Council Jr.
Kansas State: PJ Haggerty
Oklahoma State: Parsa Fallah
TCU: David Punch
Texas Tech: Donovan Atwell
West Virginia: Honor Huff
Utah: Terrence Brown
All-Defensive Team
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas*
A tie resulted in an extra position on the team
All-Freshman Team
Brayden Burries, Arizona*
Koa Peat, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Darryn Peterson, Kansas*
All-Newcomer Team
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Themus Fulks, UCF
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech
*- unanimous selection
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