The National Association of Basketball Coaches has announced the second annual 2013-14 Team Academic Excellence Awards. Three squads from the Big 12 – Iowa State, Oklahoma and Texas - were recognized.

Joe Castiglione, vice president of intercollegiate athletics programs and director of athletics at Oklahoma, has been named chair of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee for 2015-16.

Big 12 Athlete of the Year candidates will be highlighted each day through July 19. Fans will then be able to vote for their male and female choices from July 19-21.

Seven Big 12 men's basketball standouts have been invited to attend the prestigious LeBron James Skills Academy in Las Vegas from July 9-12.

Three Big 12 standouts - Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid of Kansas and Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart led four Big 12 players chosen in the 2014 NBA Draft.

The NCAA has released its national attendance leaders for men's basketball and the Big 12 continues to be among the national leaders.

The Big 12 Conference held its annual summer men's basketball coaches' teleconference on Tuesday, June 17. The media-only teleconference began at 10 a.m. CT.