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    Meet the USA TODAY Sports Network 2024-25 Preseason All-SEC basketball team

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    Alabama basketball Mark Sears He stands out among a loaded roster of individual talent in the SEC.

    A survey of 14 experts following the conference USA TODAY Sports Network unanimously named Sears the league’s Preseason Player of the Year. The point guard averaged 21.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4 assists per game last year while leading the Crimson Tide to its first Final Four appearance in program history. He returns for an encore in his final season of college basketball this winter.

    Auburn’s Johni Broome was the only other player to be a unanimous first-team selection. He was also named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

    Alabama and Arkansas are tied with two All-SEC selections. Both Razorbacks on this list are transfers, with senior guard Johnell Davis named the Newcomer of the Preseason.

    The Crimson Tide is the only team with a pair of first-teamer players. There are zero freshmen on the roster.

    Here are the preseason All-SEC teams and individual honorees selected by USA TODAY Sports Network’s SEC broadcast team:

    first team

    G Mark Sears*, Alabama

    G Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M

    G Zakai Ziegler, Tennessee

    F Johni Broome*, Brunette

    F Grant Nelson, Alabama

    Second Team

    G Walter Clayton Jr., Florida

    G Johnell Davis, Arkansas

    G Jaxson Robinson, Kentucky

    F Jonas Aidoo, Arkansas

    F Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina

    Preseason Coach of the Year

    Nate Oats, Alabama

    Preseason Player of the Year

    Mark Sears*, Alabama

    Preseason Newcomer of the Year

    Johnell Davis, Arkansas

    Preseason Defensive Player of the Year

    Johni Broome, Brunette

    *Unanimous election

    Survey participants: Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun; Ryan Black, Courier Journal; Anthony Catalina, Austin American Statesman; Michael DiLullo, Daily Advertiser; Maxwell Donaldson, Gadsen Times; Jackson Fuller, Southwest Times Record; Sam Hutchens, Clarion Ledger; Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman; Lulu Certain, Greenville News; Callum McAndrew, Columbia Daily Tribune; Sam Sklar, Clarion-Ledger; Emilee Smarr, Tuscaloosa News; Colton Sulley, The Oklahoman; Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald.

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