ALL-SEC: Miller, Bama dominate All-Conference awards
COMBINED REPORTS
Alabama freshman Brandon Miller was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and the SEC Freshman of the Year by the league’s 14 programs.
The Southeastern Conference unveiled its men’s basketball postseason awards Monday.
Miller leads the league in scoring, averaging 19.5 points per game and in 3-point field goal percentage. He also is among the leaders in rebounding and free throw shooting.
Teammate Jahvon Quinerly was picked as the Co-Sixth Man of the year, sharing the title with Kentucky’s Antonio Reeves.
Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams and Vanderbilt’s Jerry Stackhouse shared SEC Coach of the Year honors while Missouri’s Kobe Brown earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Vanderbilt’s Liam Robbins was named Defensive Player of the Year and Alabama’s Jahvon Quinerly & Kentucky’s Antonio Reeves were voted Co-SEC Sixth Man of the Year.
First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, All-Defensive team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive, Sixth-Man, and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league’s 14 coaches. Ties were not broken.
2022-23 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards
First Team
Brandon Miller, Alabama
Colin Castleton, Florida
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Tolu Smith, Mississippi State
Kobe Brown, Missouri
Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
Liam Robbins, Vanderbilt
Second Team
Mark Sears, Alabama
Anthony Black, Arkansas
Ricky Council IV, Arkansas
Johni Broome, Auburn
Wendell Green Jr., Auburn
KJ Williams, LSU
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Tyrece Radford, Texas A&M
All-Defensive Team
Charles Bediako, Alabama
Davonte Davis, Arkansas
Colin Castleton, Florida
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Liam Robbins, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team
Jaden Bradley, Alabama
Noah Clowney, Alabama
Brandon Miller, Alabama
Anthony Black, Arkansas
Riley Kugel, Florida
Chris Livingston, Kentucky
Cason Wallace, Kentucky
Gregory “GG” Jackson II, South Carolina
Julian Phillips, Tennessee
Co-Coach of the Year: Buzz Williams, Texas A&M & Jerry Stackhouse, Vanderbilt
Player of the Year: Brandon Miller, Alabama
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kobe Brown, Missouri
Freshman of the Year: Brandon Miller, Alabama
Co-Sixth-Man of the Year: Jahvon Quinerly, Alabama & Antonio Reeves, Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year: Liam Robbins, Vanderbilt