SEC honors Jones, Knight, Lamb and Liggins

The SEC announced their men’s basketball awards this morning and Kentucky freshmen Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight, not surprisingly, factored heavily in them.  Jones and Knight were both named First Team All-SEC and Jones earned Freshman of the Year honors.  Doron Lamb joined Knight and Jones on the All-Freshman Team, but was beaten out by Tennessee’s Brian Williams for Sixth Man of the Year, while DeAndre Liggins was picked to the All-Defensive Team.  Kentucky native Riley Benock of Mississippi State won the scholar-athlete award.   Florida’s Billy Donovan and Chandler Parsons were named coach and player of the year. 

Full list of winners:

First Team All-SEC

JaMychal Green, Alabama — F, 6-8, 228, Jr., Montgomery, Ala.
Chandler Parsons, Florida — F, 6-1, 218, Sr., Casselberry, Fla.
Trey Thompkins, Georgia — F, 6-10, 245, Jr., Lithonia, Ga.
Terrence Jones, Kentucky — F, 6-8, 244, Fr., Portland, Ore.
Brandon Knight, Kentucky — G, 6-3, 185, Fr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Chris Warren, Ole Miss — G, 5-10, 168, Sr., Orlando, Fla.
Scotty Hopson, Tennessee — G, 6-7, 200, Jr., Hopkinsville, Ky.
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt — G, 6-4, 215, So., Hendersonville, Tenn.

Second Team All-SEC

Tony Mitchell, Alabama — F, 6-6, 210, So., Swainsboro, Ga.
Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas — G, 6-0, 184, Jr., Verdigris, Okla.
Kenny Boynton, Florida — G, 6-2, 183, So., Pompano Beach, Fla.
Erving Walker, Florida — G, 5-8, 171, Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Travis Leslie, Georgia — G, 6-4, 205, Jr., Decatur, Ga.
Dee Bost, Mississippi State — G, 6-2, 176, Jr., Concord, N.C.
Tobias Harris, Tennessee — F, 6-8, 226, Fr., Dix Hills, N.Y.
Festus Ezeli, Vanderbilt — C, 6-11, 255, R-Jr., Benin City, Nigeria
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt — F, 6-7, 225, Jr., Norrkoping, Sweden

SEC All-Freshman Team

Trevor Releford, Alabama — G, 6-1, 180, Fr., Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Patric Young, Florida — F/C, 6-9, 245, Fr., Jacksonville, Fla.
Terrence Jones, Kentucky — F, 6-8, 244, Fr., Portland, Ore.
Brandon Knight, Kentucky — G, 6-3, 185, Fr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Doron Lamb, Kentucky — G, 6-4, 195, Fr., Queens, N.Y.
Ralston Turner, LSU — G, 6-6, 193, Fr., Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Bruce Ellington, South Carolina — G, 5-9, 194, Fr. Moncks Corner, S.C.
Tobias Harris, Tennessee — F, 6-8, 226, Fr., Dix Hills, N.Y.

SEC All-Defensive Team

Delvon Johnson, Arkansas — F, 6-9, 220, Sr., Chicago, Ill.
DeAndre Liggins, Kentucky — G, 6-6, 210, Jr., Chicago, Ill.
Reginald Buckner, Ole Miss — F, 6-8, 233, So., Memphis, Tenn.
Sam Muldrow, South Carolina — F/C, 6-9, 222, Sr., Florence, S.C.
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt — F, 6-7, 225, Jr., Norrkoping, Sweden

SEC Coach of the Year: Billy Donovan, Florida

SEC Player of the Year: Chandler Parsons, Florida

SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Riley Benock, Mississippi State

SEC Freshman of the Year: Terrence Jones, Kentucky

SEC Sixth-Man of the Year: Brian Williams, Tennessee

SEC Defensive Player of the Year: Sam Muldrow, South Carolina