Four members of the Texas men’s basketball team were named to the preseason All-Big 12 team, the conference announced Thursday. Graduate guard Max Abmas was picked for the five-person first team, and graduate forward Dylan Disu, junior guard Tyrese Hunter and sophomore forward Dillon Mitchell received honorable mention.

The selections were made by head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.

The 6-foot Abmas, who transferred from Oral Roberts in the offseason, is the NCAA Division I active career scoring leader (2,562 points) and career scoring average leader (20.8 points a game). He played and started 123 games at Oral Roberts, where he averaged 3.2 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 34.8 minutes while earning three honorable mention All-America selections from The Associated Press.

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Disu, a graduate of Hendrickson, returns for his third season at Texas after playing three at Vanderbilt. As a senior on Texas’ Elite Eight team last season, the 6-9 Disu played and started in 36 of UT’s 38 games and led the squad and ranked second in the Big 12 in blocks with 46 while averaging 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds. He earned most outstanding player honors in the Big 12 Tournament after averaging a team-best 14.7 points and 8.3 rebounds while leading the Longhorns to the title.

The 6-foot Hunter returns for his second season in the program after playing his first year at Iowa State. He has started all 73 of his career games, and he averaged 10.3 points to go with 96 assists and 31 steals a year ago. He declared for the NBA draft after last season but opted to return to Texas.

Mitchell returns for his second season with the Longhorns after withdrawing his name from the NBA draft pool. The 6-8 Mitchell started all 38 games as a freshman last year and led the team in field goal percentage (.636). He ranked third on the team in rebounding  with 3.9 a game while averaging 4.3 points in 17.5 minutes.

The Big 12 men’s basketball preseason poll will be announced Friday.

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Texas will tip off the season with the Orange-White scrimmage Tuesday at Gregory Gymnasium and will host an exhibition contest against St. Edward’s on Oct. 30 at Moody Center. The Longhorns will open the regular season Nov. 6 at Moody Center with a 7 p.m. tip against Incarnate Word.

All-Big 12 preseason team

Player of the year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas

Newcomer of the year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas

Freshman of the year: Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor

All-Big 12 team: L.J. Cryer (Houston), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), Emanuel Miller (TCU), Max Abmas (Texas)

All-Big 12 honorable mention: Jalen Bridges (Baylor), RayJ Dennis (Baylor), Ja’Kobe Walter (Baylor), Jamal Shead (Houston), Kevin McCullar Jr. (Kansas), Arthur Kaluma (Kansas State), Tylor Perry (Kansas State), Dylan Disu (Texas), Tyrese Hunter (Texas), Dillon Mitchell (Texas), Jesse Edwards (West Virginia)

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Max Abmas among four Texas players to earn basketball preseason honors