SEC Media Pick Kentucky as SEC Champion, Phil Pressey as SEC POY
Posted by KAlmekinder on October 22nd, 2012No surprises here: The SEC media has chosen the Kentucky Wildcats to repeat as SEC champs. John Calipari’s team, coming off the first perfect season in conference regular season play since they last accomplished the feat in the 2002-03 campaign, received 328 total votes, including 17 first place selections. Florida finished second in the voting with 310 votes (five first place votes), Missouri third (286, one) and Tennessee fourth (269, one). Mississippi State, with new head coach Rick Ray and the loss of stars Dee Bost, Renardo Sidney, and Arnett Moultrie, was picked dead last with 37 votes, over 150 votes below the Bulldogs’ preseason ranking last year. The Vanderbilt Commodores, after surprisingly winning the 2012 SEC Tournament last season, also lost nearly the same number of votes as Mississippi State because of a similarly large personnel losses. The full preseason poll is listed below.
SEC Preseason Media Poll
- Kentucky (17) 328
- Florida (5) 310
- Missouri (1) 286
- Tennessee (1) 269
- Arkansas 226
- Alabama 222
- Ole Miss 186
- Georgia 149
- Texas A&M 122
- Vanderbilt 120
- LSU 116
- Auburn 95
- South Carolina 54
- Mississippi State 37
First Team All-SEC
- BJ Young – Arkansas
- Kenny Boynton – Florida
- Nerlens Noel – Kentucky
- Phil Pressey – Missouri (POY)
- Jarnell Stokes – Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
- Marshawn Powell – Arkansas
- Patric Young – Florida
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – Georgia
- Alex Poythress – Kentucky
- Michael Dixon, Jr. – Missouri
- Jeronne Maymon – Tennessee