Chalmers began his college career on the bench behind guard Jeff Hawkins , but worked his way into the starting rotation in January 2006 . He finished the season starting 21 of the final 22 games ( missing only senior night ) . He finished his freshman year averaging 11.5 points per game , second on the team . He became the second freshman in Big 12 history to win Conference Player of the Week honors and was named National Freshman of the Week twice . He also set the KU and Big 12 Conference record for most steals in a season by a freshman with 89 . Chalmers was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team , Big 12 All-Defensive Team , All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ( Coaches ) , Third-Team All-Big-12 ( AP ) , Big 12 All-Tournament Team and the Big 12 Tournament MVP after helping Kansas win the Big 12 Tournament . In 33 games , he also averaged 2.2 rebounds , 3.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game
Big 12 Tournament
2006 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
Mario Chalmers