LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas freshman sensation Darryn Peterson has been named the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year and to the preseason all-conference team as the league announced its coaches' preseason honors Thursday.

Kansas finished sixth in the coaches' preseason poll garnering 163 points. Houston (224 points) is the coaches' favorite followed by BYU (204), Texas Tech (200), Arizona (179), and Iowa State (170). Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team or student-athletes in the poll.

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