Roby Named All-Big 12 First Team Selection

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DALLAS  - University of Colorado sophomore guard Richard Roby earned his highest honor as a Buffalo being named to the 2005-06 All-Big 12 First Team announced Monday by the league office.

         The All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.

         Roby is just the fourth CU player to garner Big 12 Conference first team honors since David Harrison during the 2003-04 season (Jaquay Walls, 1999-2000; Chauncey Billups, 1996-97).

         Roby, a 6-6 guard from San Bernardino, Calif., leads the Buffaloes in numerous categories including points per game (17.8), rebounds (5.6), assists (2.7), steals (2.2), and 3-pointers made (61). He has scored 480 points in each of his two seasons and ranks 26th on the CU all-time scoring list with 960 pts. (16.8 ppg., 57 games). Roby also holds the top-six of CU's scoring games (33, 30, 29, 28, 27, 24) this season.

         Roby is shooting .440 from the field, .758 from the free throw line, and .377 from the 3-point arc.

         The Big 12 also announced their other awards: teammates P.J. Tucker and LaMarcus Aldridge (Texas) have been named Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, highlighting the Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards.  Michael Neal (Oklahoma) was picked as Newcomer of the Year, Brandon Rush (Kansas) is Freshman of the Year and Bill Self (Kansas) earned Coach of the Year honors.

         The All-Big 12 First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention teams were also announced, while conference coaches also selected All-Defensive and All-Rookie Teams for the first time. 

2005-06 PHILLIPS 66 ALL-BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

P.J. Tucker, Texas, F, Jr., 6-5, 225, Raleigh, N.C./Enloe

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas, F, So., 6-10, 237, Dallas, Texas/Seagoville

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Michael Neal, Oklahoma, G, Jr., 6-3, 191, Mesquite, Texas/Lon Morris Junior College

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Brandon Rush, Kansas, G, Fr., 6-6, 202, Kansas City, Mo./Mt. Zion Academy (N.C.)

COACH OF THE YEAR

Bill Self, Kansas

         Overall Record: 276-128; 13th season               Record at Kansas: 69-23; 3rd Season

All-Big 12 First Team                 Pos.       Ht.       Wt.       Cl.       Hometown/Previous School(s)

Richard Roby, Colorado                  G         6-6       195       So.       San Bernardino, Calif./Lawrence Academy (Mass.)

Brandon Rush, Kansas                   G         6-6       202       Fr.       Kansas City, Mo./Mt. Zion Academy (N.C.)

LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas               F         6-10      237       So.       Dallas, Texas/Seagoville

P.J. Tucker, Texas**                       F          6-5       225        Jr.       Raleigh, N.C./Enloe

Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech           G         6-1       185        Jr.       Monroe, La./Ouachita

All-Big 12 Second Team

Curtis Stinson, Iowa State              G         6-3       215        Jr.       Bronx, N.Y./Bronx Regional/Winchendon Prep

Cartier Martin, Kansas State           F          6-8       220        Jr.       Houston, Texas/Nimitz

Terrell Everett, Oklahoma                G         6-4       188       Sr.       Charleston, S.C./Southwest Missouri State-West Plains CC

Taj Gray, Oklahoma                       F          6-9       238       Sr.       Wichita, Kan./Redlands Community College (Okla.)

Joseph Jones, Texas A&M              F          6-9       250       So.       Normangee, Texas/Normangee

All-Big 12 Third Team

Will Blalock, Iowa State                  G         6-0       205        Jr.       Boston, Mass./East/Notre Dame Prep

Thomas Gardner, Missouri              G         6-5       213        Jr.       Portland, Ore./Jefferson

Brad Buckman, Texas                    F          6-8       235       Sr.       Austin, Texas/Westlake

Daniel Gibson, Texas                     G         6-2       190       So.       Houston, Texas/Jones

Acie Law, Texas A&M                    G         6-3       185        Jr.       Dallas, Texas/Kimball

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Listed alphabetically by school)

Aaron Bruce (Baylor), Mario Chalmers & Julian Wright (Kansas), Jimmy McKinney (Missouri), Aleks Maric & Wes Wilkinson (Nebraska), Kevin Bookout & Michael Neal (Oklahoma), Mario Boggan & JamesOn Curry (Oklahoma State),

Martin Zeno (Texas Tech)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team

Mario Chalmers, Kansas                G         6-1       182       Fr.       Anchorage, Alaska/Bartlett

Russell Robinson, Kansas              G         6-1       196       So.       New York, N.Y./Rice

Taj Gray, Oklahoma                       F          6-9       238       Sr.       Wichita, Kan./Redlands Community College (Okla.)

LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas               F         6-10      237       So.       Dallas, Texas/Seagoville

P.J. Tucker, Texas                         F          6-5       225        Jr.       Raleigh, N.C./Enloe

Big 12 All-Rookie Team

Curtis Jerrells, Baylor                     G         6-1       200       Fr.       Austin, Texas/Del Valle

Mario Chalmers, Kansas**              G         6-1       182       Fr.       Anchorage, Alaska/Bartlett

Brandon Rush, Kansas**                G         6-6       202       Fr.       Kansas City, Mo./Mt. Zion Academy (N.C.)

Julian Wright, Kansas                     F          6-8       218       Fr.       Chicago Heights, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor

Michael Neal, Oklahoma                 G         6-3       191        Jr.       Mesquite, Texas/Lon Morris Junior College

** - Unanimous Selection