SEC Basketball Preseason Poll Released

A select panel of both SEC and national media members pick Kentucky Basketball to finish first in the SEC Preseason Poll on Tuesday morning.

Florida's Kerry Blackshear was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

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The Wildcats are the overall preseason favorite for the ninth consecutive season and the 15th time since the 1998-99 season.

Florida's Kerry Blackshear was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Florida's Andrew Nembhard, Georgia's Anthony Edwards, Kentucky's Ashton Hagans & Tyrese Maxey, LSU's Skylar Mays, Ole Miss' Breein Tyree, Mississippi State's Reggie Perry and Tennessee's Lamonté Turner also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.

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First Team All-SEC
Kerry Blackshear - Florida
Anthony Edwards - Georgia
Ashton Hagans - Kentucky
Breein Tyree - Ole Miss
Reggie Perry - Mississippi State

Second Team All-SEC
Kira Lewis Jr. - Alabama
Isaiah Joe - Arkansas
Andrew Nembhard - Florida
Tyrese Maxey - Kentucky
EJ Montgomery - Kentucky
Skylar Mays - LSU
Lamonté Turner - Tennessee

SEC Player of the Year
Kerry Blackshear - Florida

Predicted Order Of Finish
1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. LSU
4. Auburn
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Mississippi State
8. Ole Miss
9. Georgia
10. South Carolina
11. Arkansas
12. Texas A&M
13. Missouri
14. Vanderbilt