Tulane men’s basketball redshirt junior guard Rowan Brumbaugh was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year in the American Conference as the Green Wave was voted to place third in the league 2025-26 coaches’ poll, the conference office released Thursday. Brumbaugh was named the Preseason Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Conference First Team after helping lead Tulane to 19-15 record including 12-6 in the league. He returns for his second season with the Green Wave as the highest scoring returner in the American after averaging 15.53 points per game in 2024-25. Brumbaugh also enters his second year in the conference as the leading returner in assists after averaging 4.8 per game. The Georgetown transfer recorded 31 games scoring in double figures during his first season in Uptown including nine 20-point performances and a pair of double-doubles. He tallied 17 games with at least five assists and another nine games with at least three steals as well. Senior guard Asher Wood
