As for Auburn ... Nada. Nothing. Zilch. Yes, no Tiger was deemed worthy of being a top-16 player in the conference. Or in the top-eight on defense. Or in the top-five for freshmen. (For some reason, the SEC's "teams" consist of eight players. Seems like a competitive advantage to me to have all those players on the court at once.)
How often have the Tigers been shut out in the past? Glad you asked, because I looked it up. Korvotney Barber made the second team last year (in hindsight, he really should have been first team). From 2006-08, Auburn didn't have a representative. Before that, Toney Douglas was a third-team selection in 2005.
That last first-team selections? It's been a minute. Doc Robinson and Christ Porter were both first-team picks by the coaches in 1999.
Here's the full list of honorees this season:
Player of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Demarcus Cousins, Kentucky
Coach of the Year: Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt
Defensive Player of the Year: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Sixth man: John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
Scholar Athlete: Ray Shipman, Florida
First Team
- Trey Thompkins, Georgia
- Demarcus Cousins, Kentucky
- Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
- John Wall, Kentucky
- Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
- Devan Downey, South Carolina
- Wayne Chism, Tennessee
- Jermaine Beal, Vanderbilt
- Mikhail Torrance, Alabama
- Courtney Forston, Arkansas
- Erving Walker, Florida
- Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
- Chris Warren, Ole Miss
- Dee Bost, Mississippi State
- A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt
- Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt
- Tony Mitchell, Alabama
- Marshawn Powell, Arkansas
- Kenny Boynton, Florida
- Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky
- DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
- John Wall, Kentucky
- Reginald Buckner, Ole Miss
- John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
- Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
- Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
- Devan Downey, South Carolina
- Sam Muldrow, South Carolina
- Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt
1 comment:
They did a pretty good job with the selections. John Wall was very deserving of SEC Player of The Year.
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