BYU's Dybantsa nets freshman-record 40 in Big 12 tourney win - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, Duke standout Cameron Boozer and fellow freshman Darryn Peterson of Kansas have made it clear this college basketball season that they intend to be the first three players selected in the NBA draft this summer.

Dybantsa wants to prove during the postseason that he deserves to be No. 1.

He got off to quite the start Tuesday night, pouring in 40 points to go with nine rebounds and six assists, and willing his No. 10-seeded Cougars to a 105-91 victory over No. 15 seed Kansas State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.

«Today I was just trying to focus on a win,» Dybantsa said. «Whatever it took to just get the win.»

Dybantsa set the Big 12 tournament scoring record for a freshman, passing the mark Kevin Durant (37) established when Texas played Kansas in 2007.

But the highlights didn't stop there. Among them:

• He scored the second-most points in a Big 12 tournament game (Texas Tech's Mike Singletary scored 43 in 2009).

• He made 15 field goals, a Big 12 tournament record.

• He became the fourth Division I freshman in the past 30 seasons with 40 points in a conference tournament game.

• It was his sixth 35-point game this season, breaking a tie with Oklahoma's Trae Young and Kansas State's Michael Beasley for most in Big 12 history.

• He scored or assisted on 54 points, the most «points created» in a game in Big 12 tournament history.

• And he became the first player with 35 points and five assists in a Big 12 tournament game.

«What he was doing was impressive because I thought he was scoring every way possible,» BYU coach Kevin Young said. «I think it was probably one of his most complete games — outside of the lob he threw short to Khadim [Mboup] at the end. But I thought