SEC announces men’s basketball awards, All-SEC team for 2025-26 season
By Andrew Olson
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The 2025-26 college basketball regular season wrapped up on Sunday, and now the SEC has revealed its top honorees for the year. On Monday, the conference announced individual awards and this year’s All-SEC team.
Regular-season champion Florida is well represented, as expected. Todd Golden won SEC Coach of the Year, while big man Rueben Chinyelu was named SEC Defensive Player & SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and reserve guard Urban Klavzar won SEC Sixth Man of the Year.
Arkansas standout Darius Acuff Jr. was named the SEC Player of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year. Texas’s Dailyn Swain was voted SEC Newcomer of the Year.
Here is this season’s All-SEC team:
First Team
Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee
Thomas Haugh, Florida
Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama
Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt
Second Team
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
Mark Mitchell, Missouri
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
Dailyn Swain, Texas
Third Team
Rashaun Agee, Texas A&M
Alex Condon, Florida
Keyshawn Hall, Auburn
Aden Holloway, Alabama
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
The conference also revealed the All-Defensive Team and the All-Freshman Team.
All-Defensive Team
Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
Somto Cyril, Georgia
Felix Okpara, Tennessee
Billy Richmond III, Arkansas
Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team
Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Amari Allen, Alabama
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Malachi Moreno, Kentucky
Meleek Thomas, Arkansas
Which of the honorees will hoist the SEC Tournament championship trophy? Kalshi is taking action on predictions for the conference tourney winner!
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