Gonzaga star Braden Huff gets overlooked in CBS Sports’ preseason All-America picks

In a chaotic era of college basketball, driven by NIL, the transfer portal, and the legality of the NCAA’s rule enforcement, one thing is crystal clear: the talent level in this sport is about as high as it’s ever been.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are no stranger to high-level talent, with Mark Few producing All-American talent seemingly on an annual basis.

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With star forward Braden Huff returning to Spokane after an extremely productive, injury-shortened season in 2025-26, it once again looks like the Zags will have an All-American star in the frontcourt – even if the analysts at CBS Sports don’t agree.

CBS Sports overlooks Huff despite elite production

Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Braden Huff (34). | Photo by Myk Crawford

A vote of CBS reporters, analysts, and on-air talent produced a list of 15 projected All-Americans for the 2026-27 season – 14 who came from the ‘power 4’ conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC) and just one – Silas Demary of UConn – from outside that structure.

That means no Huff for CBS, despite the 6’10 big man averaging 17.8 points with an absurd 66.2% field goal rate last season – all in just 25.4 minutes per game.

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The post players chosen ahead of Huff by CBS include David Mirkovic (Illinois), Mo Krivas (Arizona), JT Toppin (Texas Tech), Flory Bidunga (Louisville), Thijs de Ridder (Virginia), and Rueben Chinyelu (Florida).

Toppin is coming off an ACL injury and could miss the first few months of the season, making him a surprise addition and drawing even more attention to Huff’s absence.

Why Huff could have an even bigger season at Gonzaga

Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Braden Huff (34). | Photo by Myk Crawford

Huff is fully cleared for Gonzaga and played without any noticeable issues at Kraziness in the Kennel earlier this month, so there’s little reason to think he won’t put up even better numbers in 2026-27.

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The big man no longer shares the interior scoring load with Graham Ike – an All-American last year – instead playing alongside…

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Publish date : 2026-10-14 18:38:00

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