2017 SEC Men’s Basketball Preseason Teams Announced

The Southeastern Conference unveiled its 13th annual men’s basketball coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams Thursday, tipping off another great season of SEC men’s basketball.

Ten different schools are represented on the two teams with Kentucky having four selections while Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Vanderbilt have two selections each. In all, 31 different players received votes for the coaches’ teams.

The coaches’ preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC Head Men’s Basketball Coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.

All 14 SEC teams officially tip-off the 2015-16 campaign this weekend, beginning with 12 teams hitting the court Friday night. Conference play is set to begin on December 29 and the 2017 SEC Tournament will be March 8-12 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

A list of the 2017 SEC Men’s Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows:

First Team  All-SEC

Moses Kingsley – Arkansas, F, 6-10, 230, Sr., Abuja, Nigeria

J.J. Frazier – Georgia, G, 5-10, 155, Sr., Glennville, Ga.

Yante Maten – Georgia, F, 6-8, 240, Jr., Pontiac, Mich.

Edrice “Bam” Adebayo – Kentucky, F, 6-10, 260, Fr., Little Washington, N.C.

De’Aaron Fox – Kentucky, G, 6-3, 187, Fr., Houston, Texas

Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi State, G, 6-4, 202, So., Canton, Miss.

Sindarius Thornwell – South Carolina, G, 6-5, 211, Sr., Lancaster, S.C.

Tyler Davis – Texas A&M, C, 6-10, 270, So., Plano, Texas

Second Team All-SEC

Dusty Hannahs – Arkansas, G, 6-3, 210, R-Sr., Little Rock, Ark.

KeVaughn Allen – Florida, G, 6-2, 183, So., Little Rock, Ark.

John Egbunu – Florida, C, 6-11, 255, R-Jr., Bauchi, Nigeria

Isaiah Briscoe – Kentucky, G, 6-3, 210, So., Newark, N.J.

Malik Monk – Kentucky, G, 6-3, 200, Fr., Lepanto, Ark.

Antonio Blakeney – LSU, G, 6-4, 190, So., Sarasota, Fla.

Sebastian Saiz – Ole Miss, F, 6-9, 240, Sr., Madrid, Spain

Matthew Fisher-Davis – Vanderbilt, G/F, 6-5, 185, Jr., Charlotte, N.C.

Luke Kornet – Vanderbilt, F, 7-1, 250, Sr., Lantana, Texas