Texas Tech University Athletics
Toppin earns AP Preseason All-America honor
October 20, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK – JT Toppin earned Consensus All-America honors last season and now has a growing list of preseason honors heading into his junior season. His latest is securing Associated Press Preseason All-America where he is joined by Braden Smith (Purdue), Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan), AJ Dybantsa (BYU) and Alex Condon (Florida). Toppin is the first Texas Tech player to be named AP Preseason All-America.
Toppin was also honored last week by being named the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year and to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. A 6-foot-9 forward from Dallas, Toppin is coming off a sophomore season where he earned AP All-America Second Team honors along with a slew of other awards after he led the Red Raiders with 18.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 19 double-doubles. He recorded a double-double in all four NCAA Tournament games last season and had a double-double in eight of the last 10 games of the season. Toppin scored a season-high 41 points and added 15 rebounds in a double-overtime win over Arizona State and finished the season scoring in double figures in a team high 28 games – including 15 straight to conclude the season. Within his 19 double-doubles, Toppin recorded three with 30-plus points including going for 32 points and 12 rebounds at Oklahoma State and producing 30 points and 14 rebounds in the home finale against Colorado.
Toppin, who played his freshman season at New Mexico before transferring, enters his third collegiate season with 1,047 points, 636 rebounds, 116 blocks and 31 double-doubles through 69 career games. The Red Raiders are set to open their season on November 4 against Lindenwood at United Supermarkets Arena.
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