2024-25 Preseason All-SEC Teams announced by conference coaches
By Andrew Olson
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SEC basketball season is tipping off soon! Ahead of the 2024-25 season, the conference coaches announced their preseason teams on Wednesday.
Alabama’s Mark Sears was named Preseason Player of the Year. Sears is joined on the Preseason All-SEC First Team by fellow Preseason AP All-American Johni Broome (Auburn), as well as Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr., Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler, and Texas A&M’s Wade Taylor IV.
The preseason AP Top 25 features 9 SEC teams: Alabama 2nd, Auburn 11th, Tennessee 12th, Texas A&M 13th, Arkansas 16th, Texas 19th, Florida 21st, Kentucky 23rd, and Ole Miss 24th.
The 2024-25 regular season begins next week. Conference play in the SEC is set to tip off on Jan. 4. Tennessee is the defending regular-season champion. Auburn is coming off the SEC Tournament title. Alabama had the deepest NCAA Tournament run of any SEC team, reaching the Final Four.
Here’s a look at the full Preseason All-SEC teams selected by the coaches:
Preseason Player of the Year
Mark Sears – Alabama
First Team
Mark Sears – Alabama
Johni Broome – Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr. – Florida
Zakai Zeigler – Tennessee
Wade Taylor IV – Texas A&M
Second Team
Grant Nelson – Alabama
Jonas Aidoo – Arkansas
Johnell Davis – Arkansas
Matthew Murrell – Ole Miss
Josh Hubbard – Mississippi State
Third Team
Chad Baker-Mazara – Auburn
Jaxson Robinson – Kentucky
Collin Murray-Boyles – South Carolina
Tre Johnson – Texas
Tramon Mark – Texas
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