BASKETBALL SEASON ALREADY!
The Tennessee Titans still have 10 games to play, The Vols & Dores still have half a season to play and highschool football teams across the state are about to make a run for a state championship.
In just a couple of weeks though the gyms all across the country will be filled with some love for the roundball. The SEC just wrapped up it’s media days down in Birmingham.
There’s a number of interestesting story lines to the season…can Florida repeat as national champions, can Kentucky finally put it all together, will Bruce Pearl be able to work his magic again with Major Wingate gone and a recruiting class ranked 5th in the nation and can the Dores be one of those sleepers?
On the womens side of things, like every year, an SEC championship will run through Knoxvillle.
Pat Summitt will try to lead her Lady Vols to a 7th National Championship, but with the way the league is it will be very hard to do.
Below is how the media voted on how they feel it will all shake out in the SEC this season.
PRE-SEASON MEDIA VOTING
Men’s Basketball - 29 ballots
SEC CHAMPION - Florida (21), LSU (5), Alabama (3).
Eastern Division
1. Florida (28) 30
2. Kentucky (1) 62
3. Tennessee 84
4. Vanderbilt 138
5. South Carolina 146
6. Georgia 149
Western Division
1. Alabama (16) 43
2. LSU (13) 46
3. Arkansas 97
4. Mississippi State 108
5. Auburn 147
6. Ole Miss 168
All-SEC First Team (Listed by Vote Total)
*Glen Davis, LSU (29) 6-9 295 F Jr. Baton Rouge, La.
Ronald Steele, Alabama (28) 6-3 185 G Jr. Birmingham, Ala.
Joakim Noah, Florida (26) 6-11 232 F/C Jr. New York, N.Y.
Chris Lofton, Tennessee (21) 6-2 197 G Jr. Maysville, Ky.
Al Horford, Florida (10) 6-10 245 F/C Jr. Puerto Plata, D.R.
All-SEC Second Team (Listed by Vote Total)
Corey Brewer, Florida (9) 6-9 185 F Jr. Portland, Tenn.
Jermareo Davidson, Alabama (5) 6-10 230 F Sr. Atlanta, Ga.
Shan Foster, Vanderbilt (5) 6-6 200 G/F Jr. Kenner, La.
Jamont Gordon, Miss. State (3) 6-4 225 G/F So. Nashville, Tenn.
Taurean Green, Florida (3) 6-0 177 G Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Player of the Year
Joakim Noah, Florida (14), Glen Davis, LSU (11), Ronald Steele, Alabama (3), Randolph
Morris, Kentucky (1).
Women’s Basketball - 19 ballots
*1. Tennessee (19) 19
2. Georgia 48
3. LSU 51
4. Vanderbilt 85
5. Kentucky 91
6. Florida 126
7. Ole Miss 146
8. Auburn 150
9. South Carolina 163
10. Arkansas 182
11. Alabama 203
12. Mississippi State 218
All-SEC First-Team (Listed by Vote Total)
*Candace Parker, Tennessee (19) 6-4 F/C/G So. Naperville, Ill.
*Sylvia Fowles, LSU (19) 6-6 C Jr. Miami, Fla.
Tasha Humphrey, Georgia (18) 6-3 F Jr. Gainesville, Ga.
Armintie Price, Ole Miss (17) 5-9 G Sr. Myrtle, Miss.
Sha Brooks, Florida (7) 5-7 G So. Jackson, Tenn.
All-SEC Second-Team (Listed by Vote Total)
Dee Davis, Vanderbilt (6) 5-7 G Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio
Cori Chambers, Georgia (3) 5-9 G Sr. Elmsford, N.Y.
Carly Ormerod, Kentucky (2) 5-8 G So. Louisville, Ky.
DeWanna Bonner, Auburn (1) 6-4 G So. Fairfield, Ala.
Alexis Hornbuckle, Tennessee (1) 5-11 G Jr. Charleston, W.Va.
Carla Thomas, Vanderbilt (1) 6-3 F/C Sr. Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Angel Robinson, Georgia (1) 6-5 F RFr. Marietta, Ga.
Player of the Year
*Candace Parker, Tennessee (19)
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