Auburn senior forward Korvotney Barber was named to the SEC's preseason second team by the coaches Monday. Barber averaged 13.8 points and 6.9 rebounds last season before breaking his left hand and missing the final 20 games. He was leading the nation in shooting percentage (72.0) at the time of his injury.

Here's the rest of the selections:

First team
Nick Calathes, Florida
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
Marcus Thornton, LSU
Chris Warren, Ole Miss
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Devan Downey, South Carolina
Tyler Smith, Tennessee
A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt

Second team
Ronald Steele, Alabama
Alonzo Gee, Alabama
Michael Washington, Arkansas
Terrance Woodbury, Georgia
Chris Johnson, LSU
Jodie Meeks, Kentucky
Dominique Archie, South Carolina
Wayne Chism, Tennessee
J.P. Prince, Tennessee

Quick tangent: What's the point of putting nine players on the first team and 10 on the second team. Doesn't that water down the honor? I thought it was pretty standard to put five players on a team. The NBA does it that way. So does the ACC. What gives? It's almost like a participation award this way. [End of rant]

The Tigers have an exhibition game against Morehouse this Friday at 7 p.m. EST. They open the regular season Nov. 14 by hosting Missouri State at 8 p.m. EST.