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Big 12 Standings

Team	Conf	Overall
ARIZ	16-2	36-3
HOU	14-4	30-7
IOWAST	12-6	29-8
KANSAS	12-6	24-11
TXTECH	12-6	23-11
TCU	11-7	23-12
BYU	9-9	23-12
UCF	9-9	21-12
WVU	9-9	21-14
CINCY	9-9	18-15
COLO	7-11	17-16
ARIZST	7-11	17-16
OKLAST	6-12	20-15
BAYLOR	6-12	17-17
KSTATE	3-15	12-20
UTAH	2-16	10-22

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Summary

Peterson is the most dynamic guard in this draft class and potentially one of the best on-ball creators we’ve seen in the backcourt in several draft classes. He came into the 2025-26 college season as a consensus top-three prospect after averaging 30.4 points, 7.4 assists, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals as a high school senior at Prolific Prep. While the narratives around his freshman season at Kansas have centered around his time missed, he’s continued his pattern of making clear gains with each passing year, despite rarely playing with the full explosiveness that we saw in high school.

About

No. 1 prospect in the national 2025 recruiting class.
Co-MVP of the McDonald’s All-American Game.
Naismith High School Player of the Year.

Strengths

Dynamic creator with an overlap of positional size, length, strength and playmaking ability.
Can score and make plays at all three levels with his handle, pull-up shooting, physicality as a driver, mid-post game, pick-and-roll navigation, knack for drawing fouls and ability to create for others.
Drastically improved shot-making and ability to make tough shots, off both the catch and the dribble.

Weaknesses

Availability and durability are the two biggest concerns given the amount of time he’s missed and also been noticeably less than 100% this year at Kansas.
High-usage player who rarely showed the same playmaking for others, or even on-ball initiating, as frequently as he did in high school.
Can be a little bit of a ball-stopper in the halfcourt.

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