With less than a week to go until the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season gets going, let’s take a look at the players who figure to define the sport over the five months to come.
First Team
JT Toppin, JR, Texas Tech
A Second Team All-American in 2024-25, Toppin is back for a third season of college basketball after being named Mountain West Player of the Year (at New Mexico) in 2024 and Big 12 Player of the Year (at Texas Tech) in 2025. The do-it-all forward averaged 18.2 points and 9.4 rebounds per game last season for a Red Raiders team that was a late second half collapse against Florida away
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