Former Kansas guard Zeke Mayo picked up another honor from his summer run with JHX Hoops, landing a spot on the five-player all-tournament team for the 2026 TBT on Sunday.
The Lawrence native was steady throughout the event, averaging 17.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.8 steals across five games for JHX Hoops. He started all five contests and played 37.2 minutes per game as the team finished 3-2 in the 14-team tournament.
Mayo, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound combo guard, scored in double figures every time out. His biggest scoring bursts came in a 25-point effort in wins over Wichita’s AfterShocks and in the deciding game of a three-game series against Kansas State’s Purple Reign. In the alumni bracket finals on Wednesday in Lexington, Kentucky, he had 12 points on 4-of-14 shooting, including 2-of-8 from 3, in JHX Hoops’ 78-65 loss to Kentucky’s La Familia.
For the tournament, Mayo shot 29-of-73 from the field, which was 39.7%, and went 13-of-44 from behind the arc for 29.5%. He also made 18 of 23 free throws, good for 78.3%.
The title game ended with former Arizona guard Gabe York earning MVP honors after scoring 11 points with seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in Davis Steel’s 67-59 win over La Familia in the TBT’s $2 million winner-take-all final. York knocked down three first-half 3s to help Davis Steel build an early lead.
The rest of the all-tournament team included Archie Goodwin and Willie Cauley-Stein of La Familia, along with Marvelle Harris of The Mecca.
Mayo’s TBT performance came after a season with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League, where he averaged 8.2 points, 2.9 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game. He also appeared in one game for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2026 Salt Lake City summer league and played four games for the Hawks in the Las Vegas summer league.
Across those five summer-league games, Mayo averaged 8.0 points, 1.8 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 rebounds. He is now a free agent heading into the 2026-27 NBA season and hopes to earn an invitation to official preseason camp with the Hawks or another team.
“Every team has hundreds of scorers on their team, so just doing the little things I think is what’s going to help me take that next step,” said Mayo, a free agent heading into the 2026-27 NBA season. The Lawrence High graduate played three seasons at South Dakota State before finishing at KU in 2024-25.
“The good ones always make the NBA. It’s just little steps at a time,” added Mayo.
He also left the door open to playing overseas.
“So as long as I’m just continuing to work, keep my head down and continuing to improve my game it should (work out),” he stated.
“He works his tail off,” said Mayo’s JHX Hoops coach, Sherron Collins.
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