For the 21st time in the 28-year history of the coaches’ men’s basketball preseason Big 12 poll, Kansas has been selected as the favorite to win the conference as the league announced preseason awards Thursday.

Kansas center Hunter Dickinson was picked as the preseason player of the year. The 7-foot-2 center averaged 17.9 points and a Big 12-best 10.9 rebounds last season. Dickinson was the only unanimous pick for the preseason All-Big 12 team that also included Houston's L.J. Cryer and J'Wan Roberts, Iowa State's Tamin Lipsey and Arizona's Caleb Love.