Media picks Vols to win 2021 SEC Men

Birmingham, Ala. – Tennessee was predicted to win the 2021 Southeastern Convention males’s basketball championship in voting by a choose panel of each SEC and nationwide media members.

The Volunteers are the general preseason favourite for the primary time because the 2008-09 season.

Florida junior ahead Keyontae Johnson was the selection of the media for SEC Males’s Basketball Participant of the 12 months. Alabama’s John Petty Jr., Kentucky’s Brandon Boston Jr. & Olivier Sarr, LSU’s Trendon Watford and Tennessee’s John Fulkerson & Yves Pons additionally acquired votes within the Participant of the 12 months voting.

Petty, Johnson, Boston, Watford and Fulkerson have been every All-SEC First Staff picks. Sarr and Pons have been second crew picks together with LSU’s Javonte Good, Missouri’s Dru Smith, South Carolina’s AJ Lawson and Texas A&M’s Savion Flagg have been second crew picks.

Factors have been compiled on a 14-13-12-11-10-9-Eight-7-6-5-Four-Three-2-1 foundation. Every media member additionally voted for a five-player All-SEC Staff. Ties weren’t damaged.

The 2020-21 marketing campaign begins November 25, with convention play set to start December 29. The 2021 SEC Event might be March 10-14 at Bridgestone Area in Nashville, Tenn.

First Staff All-SEC

John Petty Jr. – Alabama

Keyontae Johnson – Florida

Brandon Boston Jr. – Kentucky

Trendon Watford – LSU

John Fulkerson – Tennessee

Second Staff All-SEC

Olivier Sarr – Kentucky

Javonte Good – LSU

Dru Smith – Missouri

AJ Lawson – South Carolina

Yves Pons – Tennessee

Savion Flagg – Texas A&M

SEC Participant of the 12 months

Keyontae Johnson – Florida

Preseason Media Ballot

1. Tennessee

2. Kentucky

Three. LSU

Four. Florida

5. Alabama

6. Arkansas

7. Auburn

Eight. South Carolina

9. Ole Miss

10. Missouri

11. Texas A&M

12. Mississippi State

13. Georgia

14. Vanderbilt