UK picked to win SEC; Jones named to first team, 3 others named to second team

 

 

The media’s preseason SEC ballots are in.

UK was picked to win the SEC, receiving 18 of 23 first-place votes. Vanderbilt received four votes and Florida received one.

F Terrence Jones was selected to win the Player of the Year award, receiving 12 votes. Vanderbilt’s John Jenkins finished second with nine votes.

Jones was named to the preseason All-SEC First Team, while Doron Lamb, Darius Miller and Anthony Davis were selected to the second team.

The full rankings and teams are below.

First Team All-SEC

JaMychal Green, Alabama – F, 6-8, 228, Sr., Montgomery, Ala.

Terrence Jones, Kentucky – F, 6-9, 252, So., Portland, Ore.

Dee Bost, Mississippi State – G, 6-2, 176, Sr. , Concord, N.C.

John Jenkins, Vanderbilt – G, 6-4, 220, Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn.

Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt – G/F, 6-7, 225, Sr., Norrkoping, Sweden

Second Team All-SEC

Anthony Davis, Kentucky – F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.

Doron Lamb, Kentucky – G, 6-4, 210, So., Queens, N.Y.

Darius Miller, Kentucky – G, 6-8, 235, Sr., Maysville, Ky.

Kenny Boynton, Florida – G, 6-2, 189, Jr., Pompano Beach, Fla.

Erving Walker, Florida – G, 5-8, 177, Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Festus Ezeli, Vanderbilt – C, 6-11, 255, Sr., Benin City, Nigeria

Preseason Media Poll   Pts

Kentucky (18)

Vanderbilt (4)

Florida (1)

Alabama

Mississippi State

Arkansas

Ole Miss

Georgia

LSU

Auburn

Tennessee

South Carolina