Antonio Reeves, Reed Sheppard make AP All-SEC Teams

The accolades keep rolling in for Antonio Reeves and Reed Sheppard. Kentucky’s sharpshooters are among the players on the Associated Press All-SEC teams. Reeves made the First Team, while Reed made the Second Team. Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht won both Player and Newcomer of the Year (the AP lumps freshmen and transfers together) and South Carolina’s Lamont Paris won Coach of the Year.

Reeves was also named Third Team All-American by the Sporting News earlier today and First Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches yesterday. With 20.2 points per game, he is Kentucky’s leading scorer this season and the leading scorer by average of the John Calipari era. He’s scored in double figures in all but one game this season and 20-plus points in 19 games. In two seasons as a Wildcat, he has scored 1,115 points, the third most by a player in a two-year span in program history behind Bill Spivey (1,213) and Oscar Tshiebwe (1,117).

Sheppard was named SEC Freshman of the Year, Second Team All-SEC, and All-SEC Newcomer Team yesterday by the league’s coaches. Now projected by some outlets as the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, Sheppard is the only player in the country with at least 75 steals, 140 assists, and 70 made 3-pointers. He leads the country in three-point percentage at 52.6% and is on pace to break Rajon Rondo’s single-season steals record.

Congrats, Reeves and Reed. Many more awards to come.

AP All-SEC Teams

FIRST TEAM

• Guard — Antonio Reeves, Kentucky, 5th year, 6-6, 195, Chicago.
• Guard — Mark Sears, Alabama, Sr., 6-1, 185, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
• u-Guard — Dalton Knecht, Tennessee, 5th year, 6-6, 213, Thornton, Colorado.
• Forward — Johni Broome, Auburn, Jr., 6-10, 240, Plant City, Florida.
• t-Forward — Tolu Smith, Mississippi State, grad, 6-11, 245, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
• t-Forward — Jonas Aidoo, Tennessee, Jr., 6-11, 240, Durham, North Carolina.

t-tied for first team

SECOND TEAM

• Guard — Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M, Jr. 6-0, 175, Dallas
• Guard — Reed Sheppard, Kentucky, Fr., 6-3, 187, London, Kentucky
• Guard — Zakai Ziegler, Tennessee, Jr., 5-9, 171, Long Island, New York
• Forward — Jaylin Williams, Auburn, grad, 6-8, 245, Nahunta, Georgia
• Forward — Tyrese Samuel, Florida, grad, 6-10, 239, Montreal

INDIVIDUAL HONORS

• Coach of the year — Lamont Paris, South Carolina.
• u-Player of the year — Dalton Knecht, Tennessee
• Newcomer of the year — Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

u-denotes unanimous pick

Antonio Reeves Honors

• Sporting News Third-Team All-America
• Jerry West Award Top 5
• All-SEC First Team (coaches)
• All-SEC First Team (AP)
• John R. Wooden Award finalist
• Naismith Player of the Year midseason watch list
• Oscar Robertson Trophy late season watch list
• College Hoops Today All-America Third Team
• ESPN All-America Third Team
• Dick Vitale National Player of the Week (Jan. 22 and March 11)
• Bluegrass Sports Commission MVP of Kentucky-Louisville Game (Dec. 21)

Reed Sheppard Honors

• SEC Freshman of the Year (coaches)
• All-SEC Second Team (coaches)
• All-SEC Second Team (AP)
• All-SEC Freshman Team (coaches)
• Field of 68 Freshman of the Year
• Field of 68 Third-Team All-America
• College Hoops Today (Rothstein) National Sixth Man of the Year
• ESPN National Freshman of the Year (Borzello)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (March 11)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (March 4)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 26)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 4)