Alabama’s Nate Oats was named SEC Coach of the Year and Alabama’s Herbert Jones was honored as Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-8 Jones averaged 10.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks for a Crimson Tide team that finished 21-6, 16-2 in the SEC and is the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament.
Oats recently signed an extension through the 2026-27 season that will increase his annual pay to $3.225 million.
Arkansas’ Moses Moody was named Freshman of the Year.
Meantime, Kentucky doesn’t have a single player on the first or second teams and has just one freshman, Isaiah Jackson, on the All-Freshmen Team.
First Team All-SEC
Herbert Jones, Alabama
John Petty Jr., Alabama
Moses Moody, Arkansas
Tre Mann, Florida
Cameron Thomas, LSU
Devontae Shuler, Ole Miss
Dru Smith, Missouri
Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Jaden Shackelford, Alabama
Colin Castleton, Florida
Sahvir Wheeler, Georgia
Javonte Smart, LSU
Trendon Watford, LSU
D.J. Stewart Jr., Mississippi State
Jeremiah Tilmon, Missouri
AJ Lawson, South Carolina
All-Freshman Team
Joshua Primo, Alabama
Moses Moody, Arkansas
Sharife Cooper, Auburn
KD Johnson, Georgia
Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky
Cameron Thomas, LSU
Keon Johnson, Tennessee
Jaden Springer, Tennessee
All-Defensive Team
Herbert Jones, Alabama
Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky
Abdul Ado, Mississippi State
Dru Smith, Missouri
Yves Pons, Tennessee
Coach of the Year
Nate Oats, Alabama
Player of the Year
Herbert Jones, Alabama
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Dylan Disu, Vanderbilt
Freshman of the Year
Moses Moody, Arkansas
Sixth-Man of the Year
JD Notae, Arkansas
Defensive Player of the Year
Herbert Jones, Alabama
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