The University of Alabama had two players chosen to the Southeastern Conference’s annual men’s basketball coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams Friday, with sophomore Braxton Key and freshman Collin Sexton each earning a spot on the second team.
Alabama had no representatives on the first team.
Ironically, both Key — an All-SEC freshman team selection last year — and Sexton will be out of action in Alabama’s opening game, Key due to knee surgery and Sexton with a one-game NCAA suspension.
Thirteen different schools (all except LSU) are represented on the two teams with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Texas A&M having two selections each.
The list of the 2018 SEC Men’s Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows:
First Team All-SEC
KeVaughn Allen – Florida
Yante Maten – Georgia
Kevin Knox – Kentucky
Deandre Burnett – Ole Miss
Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi St.
Michael Porter, Jr. – Missouri
Tyler Davis – Texas A&M
Robert Williams – Texas A&M
Matthew Fisher-Davis – Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Braxton Key – Alabama
Collin Sexton – Alabama
Jaylen Barford – Arkansas
Daryl Macon – Arkansas
Mustapha Heron – Auburn
Chris Chiozza – Florida
Terence Davis – Ole Miss
Hamidou Diallo – Kentucky
Chris Silva – South Carolina
Grant Williams – Tennessee
