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SEC announces media’s preseason poll for upcoming 2020-21 basketball season
By Keith Farner
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Basketball season is just around the corner, and now that schedules have been released, the SEC has announced the media picks for the men’s basketball season.
The 2020-21 campaign begins Nov. 25, with conference play set to begin Dec. 29. The 2021 SEC Tournament will be March 10-14 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
For the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Volunteers are the overall preseason favorite.
With a mix of young talent and experience has raised expectations that Tennessee can win the SEC regular season title for the second time in four seasons and maybe even think of the program’s first Final Four.
The Vols are set to be led by John Fulkerson, a first-team media selection, and Yves Pons, who made the league’s second team for the Vols as voted on by the media.
“I know we rank somewhere high, but I try not to think about it because I feel it’s going to put pressure on us that is not needed,” guard Santiago Vescovi said, per the Associated Press. “I know there are people that expect a lot from us and I know more people are going to come ready to play us, so we have to be ready for them.”
Preseason Media Poll
1. Tennessee
2. Kentucky
3. LSU
4. Florida
5. Alabama
6. Arkansas
7. Auburn
8. South Carolina
9. Ole Miss
10. Missouri
11. Texas A&M
12. Mississippi State
13. Georgia
14. Vanderbilt
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
