The 2014-15 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards were announced  Sunday, and the Cyclones were well-represented in most categories.

Jameel McKay was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and named to the All-Defensive team, picked up third-team All-Big 12 honors and was selected to the All-Newcomer team. Georges Niang was the fourth player under coach Fred Hoiberg to pick up first-team honors, while Monté Morris and Dustin Hogue were selected as second-team and honorable mentions, respectively.

A list of accomplishments like that is expected to be well-received by players, but the Cyclones sounded less than satisfied, especially roommates McKay and Morris.

“I was asleep and [Jameel] woke me up with a loud roar. Just a bad roar, like, ‘man!’,” Morris said.

McKay — the only unanimously selected player to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team — suspiciously lost the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award to Oklahoma’s TaShawn Thomas. However, McKay was reserved in front of the media, saying he was happy with the selections and saying the defensive player of the year award caught him a bit by surprise.

Morris, on the other hand, didn’t shy away from voicing his disagreement as the team prepares for the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City.

“It was coaches’ decisions and if they feel like Juwan Staten or whoever outplayed me, I just got to go out there and show it Thursday,” Morris said. “It just gives us motivation to go out there and win.”

The Cyclones, the Big 12 tournament No. 2 seed, hope to duplicate last season’s results as they won three straight games for the tournament title. But unlike last season as a No. 4 seed, the Cyclones will not know exactly who they play until the day before the game, facing the winner of the Texas vs. Texas Tech game Wednesday night.

It may not matter that much as Texas, a preseason top-10 team, has seen little success against the Cyclones, while Texas Tech finished last in the Big 12 and limps into the conference tournament with no other postseason tournaments to look forward to.

According to the team, the preparation doesn’t change much, either.

“It’s really no secret, it’s just going to be our third time playing each of these teams,” McKay said. “It’s not that much to prepare for, we should know these dudes.”

With a Big 12 tournament title to defend and something more to prove in individual awards, the Cyclones say they are excited to get back on the court.

Even though Hoiberg said he agreed with the conference’s first team selections, the added motivation of proving their worth in postseason play is something he’s happy about.

“It’s the deepest conference in the nation. I’m glad they’re not satisfied, I hope that carries over and they play with a chip on their shoulder,” Hoiberg said.

And while Niang made first-team, Hoiberg was quick to poke fun at his competitive nature heading into the postseason.

“I hope Georges does, too, because he didn’t get [Big 12] Player of the Year.”