Birmingham, Ala. - Kentucky was predicted to win the 2019 Southeastern Conference men's basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
The Wildcats are the overall preseason favorite for the 14th time since the 1998-99 season.
Tennessee junior forward Grant Williams was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Auburn's Bryce Brown; Florida's Jalen Hudson; Kentucky's Keldon Johnson, Reid Travis & PJ Washington; LSU's Tremont Waters, Mississippi State's Quinndary Weatherspoon; South Carolina's Chris Silva and Tennessee's Admiral Schofield also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.
Travis, Waters, Silva, Williams and Arkansas' Daniel Gafford were each All-SEC First Team selections. Brown, Hudson, Washington, Weatherspoon and Schofield were second team picks along with Auburn's Jared Harper and Missouri's Jontay Porter. Points were compiled on a 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Each media member also voted for a five-player All-SEC Team. Ties were not broken.
The 2018-19 campaign begins November 6, with conference play set to begin January 5. The 2019 SEC Tournament will be March 13-17 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Preseason Media Poll
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- Auburn
- Mississippi State
- Florida
- LSU
- Alabama
- Vanderbilt
- Missouri
- Arkansas
- South Carolina
- Texas A&M
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
First Team All-SEC
Daniel Gafford - Arkansas
Reid Travis - Kentucky
Tremont Waters - LSU
Chris Silva - South Carolina
Grant Williams - Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
Bryce Brown - Auburn
Jared Harper - Auburn
Jalen Hudson - Florida
PJ Washington - Kentucky
Quinndary Weatherspoon - Mississippi State
Jontay Porter - Missouri
Admiral Schofield - Tennessee
SEC Player of the Year
Grant Williams - Tennessee