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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech sophomore guard Jarrett Culver is The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year after helping lead his hometown Red Raiders to a share of the regular season conference title.

Chris Beard was named coach of the year after his third season with the Red Raiders, who are 26-5 after going to their first NCAA Elite Eight last year. Seventh-ranked Texas Tech won its first Big 12 regular-season title, sharing the crown with No. 15 Kansas State.

Culver is averaging 18.3 points and 6.2 rebounds a game, and is one of three unanimous picks for the AP All-Big 12 first team released Tuesday.

Kansas junior forward Dedric Lawson, the league’s top scorer and rebounder (19.1 ppg, 10.6 rpg), and Kansas State senior guard Barry Brown Jr. (15.1 ppg, league-leading 2.0 steals a game) were the other players listed on all 18 ballots from a panel of journalists who regularly cover the Big 12 in the league’s five states.

Iowa State senior guard Marial Shayok and Kansas State senior forward Dean Wade were the other first-team picks.

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Culver got 14 votes for AP player of the year. The remaining four votes went to Lawson, the former transfer from Memphis who got 12 of 18 votes to be named Big 12 newcomer of the year.

Beard was picked as coach of the year on 15 ballots.

Makai Mason, the first graduate transfer ever to play for Baylor, led the AP second-team picks. The other second-teamers were Texas freshman forward Jaxson Hayes, Texas Tech sophomore guard Davide Moretti and TCU teammates Desmond Bane and Alex Robinson.

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The 2019 AP All-Big 12 team, with players listed with school, classification, height, weight, class and hometown (“u-” denotes unanimous selections):

FIRST TEAM

u-Barry Brown Jr., Kansas St., Sr. 6-3, 195, St. Petersburg, Florida.

u-Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech, So., 6-6, 195, Lubbock, Texas.

u-Dedric Lawson, Kansas, Jr., Jr. 6-9, 235, Memphis, Tennessee.

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Marial Shayok, Iowa St., Sr., 6-6, 198, Ottawa, Ontario.

Dean Wade, Kansas St., Sr., 6-10, 228, St. John, Kansas.

SECOND TEAM

Desmond Bane, TCU, Jr., 6-5, 215, Richmond, Indiana.

Jaxson Hayes, Texas, Fr., 6-11, 220, Loveland, Ohio.

Makai Mason, Baylor, Sr., 6-1, 185, Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Davide Moretti, Texas Tech, So., 6-2, 175, Bologna, Italy.

Alex Robinson, TCU, Sr., 6-1, 180, Fort Worth, Texas.

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Coach of the year — Chris Beard, Texas Tech.

Player of the year — Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech.

Newcomer of the year — Dedric Lawson, Kansas.

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AP All-Big 12 Voting Panel: Eric Bailey, Tulsa World; Tommy Birch, Des Moines Register; Tom Bragg, Charleston Gazette-Mail; Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News; Paul Catalina, ESPN Central Texas; Mark Cooper, Tulsa World; Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman; Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Matt Galloway, Topeka Capital-Journal; Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post; Joe Mussatto, The Oklahoman; Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register; Soren Petro, Sports Radio 810; Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle; Nathan Ruiz, The Oklahoman; Carlos Silva Jr., Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Matt Tait, Lawrence Journal-World; John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald.

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More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

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