Birmingham, Alabama:
With SEC basketball media days starting on Wednesday, the preseason superlatives have been announced.
As expected the Kentucky Wildcats were picked by the media to win the 2019-2020 SEC regular-season championship. This is the ninth consecutive season that the Wildcats have been picked to win the SEC.
Here's how the preseason order of finish was voted on by the media.
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
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
SEC Men's Basketball media day will get underway on Wednesday morning.
The 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament will return back to Nashville to be held at Bridgestone Arena March 11th- 15th.