Johnson Named to WCC Men’s Basketball Preseason Team
10/15/2026 9:27:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The 2025-26 Summit League Player of the Year was one of 10 student-athletes named to the preseason all-conference team on Thursday
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – University of Denver men's basketball junior guard Carson Johnson has been named to the 2026-27 West Coast Conference men's Basketball Preseason Team, the conference office announced in a vote of the league's 10 head coaches on Thursday.
The 2025-26 Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year joins the rest of the program in the move up to the West Coast Conference this season. Johnson averaged 20.1 points and 3.0 assists in 35.6 minutes per contest last season, helping the Pioneers to a four-place finish in the league standings. In Denver's record book, Johnson ranked fourth in all of Denver's Division I eras combined in scoring in a single season with 642 points (second in modern DI era).
Prior to his sophomore season in Denver, Johnson had his redshirt pulled midway through the season at Minnesota State Moorhead under now DU head coach Tim Bergstraser. Johnson went on to average 19.8 points in the Dragons final 23 games, becoming the first freshman in NSIC history to be named the conference tournament's MVP.
Johnson had 16 points in 22 minutes on 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc in Denver's exhibition opener at Utah State last Saturday.
Denver was picked 10th in the 2026-27 WCC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll that was also released on Thursday.
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