2023-24 men's basketball All-SEC teams, honors announced
The SEC men’s basketball postseason awards have been released after the regular season wrapped up over the weekend. Tennessee star Dalton Knecht and South Carolina coach Lamont Paris received two of the biggest honors.
Dalton Knecht has been named the SEC Player of the Year after leading the Vols to the SEC title. Lamont Paris is the SEC Coach of the Year after taking the Gamecocks from being picked to finish last in the league in the preseason to finishing tied for second in the league.
In addition, Reed Sheppard of Kentucky has been named the SEC Freshman of the Year, Rob Dillingham of Kentucky was named the Sixth Man of the Year, Zakai Zeigler of Tennessee was named the Defensive Player of the Year and Sean East II of Missouri was named the Scholar Athlete of the Year.
The league has also revealed its first-team All-SEC, second-team All-SEC, All-Defensive Team and All-Freshman Team.
Tennessee is the only school with two players named first-team All-SEC, while Kentucky and South Carolina both have a couple of players who were named to the second team.
Here’s everyone who was honored:
First Team All-SEC
Mark Sears, Alabama
Johni Broome, Auburn
Zyon Pullin, Florida
Antonio Reeves, Kentucky
Tolu Smith III, Mississippi State
Dalton Knecht, Tennessee
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
Second Team All-SEC
Jaylin Williams, Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Rob Dillingham, Kentucky
Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
Matthew Murrell, Ole Miss
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
Ta’Lon Cooper, South Carolina
Meechie Johnson, South Carolina
Jonas Aidoo, Tennessee
All-Defensive Team
Johni Broome, Auburn
Cameron Matthews, Mississippi State
Jonas Aidoo, Tennessee
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Andersson Garcia, Texas A&M
All-Freshman Team
Aden Holloway, Auburn
Alex Condon, Florida
Silas Demary Jr., Georgia
Rob Dillingham, Kentucky
Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
D.J. Wagner, Kentucky
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
As you can see, Kentucky led the way with Freshman All-SEC honorees. That should come as no surprise as John Calipari brings top talent into Kentucky year in and year out.
With the regular season wrapped up, SEC teams are turning their attention to the postseason. The SEC Tournament gets underway on Wednesday, March 13 with first-round action.
In the opening two games, Arkansas and Vanderbilt will face off, while Missouri will play Georgia.
Several other teams will get underway on Thursday with Mississippi State playing LSU and Ole Miss facing Texas A&M. South Carolina and Florida will also get underway on Thursday, facing the winners of Wednesday’s games.
The top four seeds in the tournament received a double bye. Those four teams are No. 1 seed Tennessee, No. 2 seed Kentucky, No. 3 seed Alabama and No. 4 seed Auburn.