2011 SEC Men’s Basketball Preseason Awards Announced

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference unveiled its seventh annual men's basketball coaches' preseason All-SEC first and second teams Wednesday, tipping off another great season of SEC men's basketball.


Twenty-nine different players received votes for the teams and Florida led all schools with four selections while Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt had two selections each. In all, nine different schools are represented on the preseason squads.


The coaches' preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC Head Men's Basketball Coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.


A list of the 2011 SEC Men's Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows.


FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC                 Pos     Ht        Wt       Cl        Hometown


Dee Bost, Mississippi State         G       6-2      176     Jr.        Concord, N.C.
JaMychal Green, Alabama            F       6-8     228     Jr.        Montgomery, Ala.
Scotty Hopson, Tennessee            G      6-7      200     Jr.        Hopkinsville, Ky.
Travis Leslie, Georgia                   G       6-4      205     Jr.        Decatur, Ga.
Chandler Parsons, Florida             F        6-10    218     Sr.       Casselberry, Fla.
Marshawn Powell, Arkansas         F        6-7      220     So.      Newport News, Va.
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt              F        6-7      225     Jr.        Norkopping, Sweden
Trey Thompkins, Georgia              F        6-10    245     Jr.        Lithonia, Ga.
Chris Warren, Ole Miss                 G       5-10    168     Sr.       Orlando, Fla.


SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC         Pos       Ht        Wt      Cl       Hometown


Kenny Boynton, Florida                 G         6-2      183     So.      Pompano Beach, Fla.
Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas                G         6-0      184     Jr.        Verdigris, Okla.
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt               G         6-4      215     So.      Hendersonville, Tenn.
Ravern Johnson, Mississippi St     G        6-7      175     Sr.       Lyon, Miss.
Brandon Knight, Kentucky             G         6-3      195     Fr.       Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Darius Miller, Kentucky                 G         6-7      230     Jr.        Maysville, Ky.
Alex Tyus, Florida                          F          6-8      220     Sr.       St. Louis, Mo.
Erving Walker, Florida                   G         5-8      171     Jr.        Brooklyn, N.Y.


Ties are not broken






Source: SECSports.com