{"id":34566,"date":"2025-11-04T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/34566\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:37:19","slug":"toppin-named-to-naismith-player-of-the-year-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/34566\/","title":{"rendered":"Toppin named to Naismith Player of the Year Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">LUBBOCK \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jt-toppin\/13943\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13943\" target=\"_blank\">JT Toppin<\/a> will step onto the court tomorrow night for the season opener with a slew of preseason honors to his name. The latest, and arguably the biggest, came today with him being named to the Jersey Mike&#8217;s\u00a0Naismith\u00a0Trophy Men&#8217;s College Player of the Year Watch List Presented by AXIA Time. A junior forward from Dallas, Toppin earned Consensus Second Team All-America, Big 12 Player of the Year, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and All-Big 12 First Team honors last season. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Toppin, who is one of 50 on the Naismith Player of the Year Watch List, led the Red Raiders as a sophomore with 18.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 19 double-doubles &#8211; recording a double-double in all four NCAA Tournament games last season and had a double-double in eight of the last 10 games of the season. Toppin scored a season-high 41 points and added 15 rebounds in a double-overtime win over Arizona State and finished the season scoring in double figures in a team high 28 games \u2013 including 15 straight to conclude the season. Within his 19 double-doubles, Toppin recorded three with 30-plus points including going for 32 points and 12 rebounds at Oklahoma State and producing 30 points and 14 rebounds in the home finale against Colorado. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Toppin, who played his freshman season at New Mexico before transferring, enters his third collegiate season with 1,047 points, 636 rebounds, 116 blocks and 31 double-doubles through 69 career games. The No. 10-ranked Red Raiders are set to open their season at 7 p.m. on Tuesday against Lindenwood at United Supermarkets Arena. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">JT TOPPIN PRESEASON HONORS<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Associated Press Preseason All-America<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBig 12 Preseason Player of the Year<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAll-Big 12 Preseason Team<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKarl Malone Award Watch List<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCBS Sports Preseason All-America<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Athletic Preseason All-America<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nField of 68 Preseason All-America<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNABC Preseason Player of the Year Watch List<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Follow the Red Raiders:\u00a0Keep up with Texas Tech men&#8217;s basketball news at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/texastechuniversity-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/wes_bloomquist_ttu_edu\/Documents\/texastech.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/texastechuniversity-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/wes_bloomquist_ttu_edu\/Documents\/texastech.com. 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