Minnesota's Dawson Garcia Named to Preseason All-Big Ten

[GopherLady]

Per U of MN press release:
Dawson Garcia Named Preseason All-Big Ten

MINNEAPOLIS - University of Minnesota senior forward Dawson Garcia (Savage, Minn.) has been named to the 2024 Preseason All-Big Ten Team, announced today by the Big Ten Conference. It marks the second straight year Garcia has landed a spot on the preseason list and the fourth All-Big Ten recognition of his career.


Garcia, a 2024 second and third-team All-Big Ten selection, returns for his final year after averaging 17.6 points and is the top returning Big Ten scorer from a year ago. Of the returning Big Ten athletes, Garcia ranks first in scoring and is only one of six returners who received All-Big Ten honors in the 2023-24 season. An Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Garcia was also a NABC All-District Second Team selection last year and a top 10 finalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. Along with his team-high 17.6 ppg, Garcia also led the team with 6.7 rebounds per game. He had 28 double-digit games, 12 20-point games and three 30-point games. This year, Garcia was also named to the Blue Ribbon Preseason All-Big Ten selection.


Minnesota holds two exhibitions on Oct. 19 and Oct. 29 before beginning the 2024-25 campaign on Nov. 6 vs. Oral Roberts.


Preseason All-Big Ten Team (as determined by a media vote)
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Payton Sandfort, Iowa
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
Jackson Shelstadt, Oregon
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Braden Smith, Purdue*
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Great Osobor, Washington
Preseason Player of the Year
Braden Smith, Purdue


*denotes unanimous selection

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Looking forward to seeing how Osobor assimilates into this conference.
He had some huge rebounding games (one of 17), lots of assists (had 7 in a game) last year.

 

[combes1]

I think Garcia will be on the list at the end of the year, but I think the overall list will look much different.

 

[jovs]

No Michigan, Mich State, Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, UCLA, or USC players on the team. It is going to change.

 

[combes1]

No Michigan, Mich State, Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, UCLA, or USC players on the team. It is going to change.

I think Kasparas Jakucionis might be the guy for Illinois. In the latest mock draft I saw, he was the projected #6 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. 6-6 point guard. Hard to project when your team has 10 new players.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

I think Kasparas Jakucionis might be the guy for Illinois. In the latest mock draft I saw, he was the projected #6 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. 6-6 point guard. Hard to project when your team has 10 new players.

I agree.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

I think Kasparas Jakucionis might be the guy for Illinois. In the latest mock draft I saw, he was the projected #6 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. 6-6 point guard. Hard to project when your team has 10 new players.

I am really excited to watch him play this year. His FIBA U18 highlights are awesome and I know they can be misleading but I think he's going to be really good in college and the NBA.