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Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin announced Wednesday that the program is launching an inaugural series of one-day, statewide youth basketball camps. The initiative, named Volunteer S.H.O.T. Clinics (Statewide Hoops Outreach Tour), will include stops in Chattanooga, Greeneville, Memphis and Nashville this summer.
"Everywhere I go throughout the state of Tennessee, I'm always overwhelmed by the love and support of this program," Martin said. "Kids start to associate with that `Power T' at a very young age, and I think it's important to reach out to the children of this state and nurture their relationship with UT.
"These clinics are going to be a great way to reach out and build on the statewide loyalty for the Tennessee brand."
The Volunteer S.H.O.T. Clinics tip-off Monday, June 11, at Baylor School in Chattanooga. On Wednesday, June 13, a clinic will be administered at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville. The Greeneville clinic will be held Friday, June 15 at Greeneville High School. And Martin brings the Volunteer brand to Memphis on Wednesday, June 27 at Memphis University School.
Clinics at the Chattanooga, Greeneville and Nashville sites will take place from 6-8 p.m. local time. The clinic in Memphis will run from 5-7 p.m. CT.
Martin and his basketball staff will personally conduct each clinic, along with assistance from current UT players and local coaches. Each clinic will consist of a welcome speech by Martin, station drill work, a speech on life skills and character building, a Q&A session with UT coaches and players as well as a photo and autograph session.
The clinics are open to all boys entering kindergarten through sixth grade (in the fall of 2012). Families can pre-register their campers at TennesseeSportCamps.com. The cost is $20 per child and includes participation, a basketball and a t-shirt.
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For all Volunteer S.H.O.T. Clinic questions, please call 865-974-0703.
Chattanooga - Baylor School
Monday, June 11
6-8 p.m. ET
Limited to the first 100 participants
Nashville - Christ Presbyterian Academy
Wednesday, June 13
6-8 p.m. CT
Limited to the first 75 participants
Greeneville - Greeneville High School
Friday, June 15
6-8 p.m. ET
Limited to the first 75 participants
Memphis - Memphis University School
Wednesday, June 27
5-7 p.m. CT
Limited to the first 100 participants
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NOTE: Direct link to tour info - http://bit.ly/Vols_Italy2012
The Tennessee basketball team is traveling to Italy for a four-game exhibition tour Aug. 5-15, 2012. Destinations on the trip are Rome, The Vatican City, Florence, Pisa, the Republic of San Marino, Lake Como and Milan.
"This trip is going to be great for our team and also great for our fans," Vols head coach Cuonzo Martin said. "For our team, it provides a chance to gain valuable time together on and off the court. For our fans, it's a chance to combine a European vacation with the opportunity to cheer for their Vols while also traveling with the team. They'll feel like their part of the program - which is how it should be - because they are an important part of everything we do."
Basketball Travelers, Inc., is offering travel packages that allow fans to accompany the team throughout its tour of Italy. For complete package details, click HERE.
Package prices include round-trip coach airfare, charter bus for all ground transportation, first-class hotel accommodations for nine nights, tickets to all of UT's exhibition games, sightseeing tours as listed in the team itinerary, a tour escort from Basketball Travelers, Inc., and breakfast at the hotel each morning.
Please note that the Tennessee team itinerary is tentative (excluding the dates) and is subject to change. All package purchasers will be notified in advance of any major changes to the itinerary.
The deadline to purchase the travel package is May 1, 2012. To purchase, please contact Becky at Basketball Travelers, Inc., by calling 425-776-2775 or by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Basketball Travelers, Inc. seeks to provide the highest quality product available - a travel experience that is unrivaled in service, value and attention to detail. Rome and Florence were both recently listed on U.S. News & World Report's list of the "Best European Vacations."
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The Vols will play against club and professional teams during the Italian tour. All of Tennessee's returning student-athletes, as well as incoming players (with the exception of Division I transfers) are eligible to make the trip to Italy and participate in the exhibition games.
This summer tour gives the Vols a head start on most other schools, which will have to wait until October before they can practice together as a team. Tennessee's last European tour took place in August 2007 and included stops in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. The Vols posted a 4-1 record on that tour.
Greeneville, Tenn., residents Jerry and Nancy Fortner accompanied the Vols on their 2007 European tour.
"We've taken trips all over the world, and that was far and away the best vacation we've had," Jerry Fortner said. "We had an absolutely great time. We traveled with the team, and the coaches and players were great to be around - and I know this current group is the same way. Getting to know the players and socialize with them makes for a great time. Everyone that made the trip felt the same way we did.
"Basketball Travelers is a class act, and they do a great job."
Italy is a familiar setting for Martin, as he played professional basketball for the Felize Scandone franchise in Avellino, Italy, following his time in the NBA. Former Vol Ron Slay (2000-03) now plays for the same franchise.
Tennessee senior associate athletic trainer Chad Newman has reported that junior basketball player Jeronne Maymon underwent arthroscopic surgery to address a torn meniscus of his right knee Tuesday at UT Medical Center.
Newman said the surgery went well, but it is too early to determine a timeframe for Maymon's return to activity.
A second-team All-SEC forward from Madison, Wis., Maymon enjoyed a breakout campaign for the Volunteers this season. He averaged 12.7 points and a team-best 8.1 rebounds on the year while shooting .558 from the field. In SEC play, he led the team in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and steals. He also recorded nine double-doubles on the year and led Tennessee with 18 charges drawn.
Maymon started all 32 games for the Vols leading up to the NIT before soreness in his right knee forced him to miss UT's first-round win over Savannah State. In Tennessee's second-round game Monday night, he came off the bench to lead the Vols with 17 points and seven rebounds.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - MTSU finished the game with a 15-0 run to knock top-seeded Tennessee out of the NIT with a 71-64 win on Monday night.
MTSU (27-6) will take on the winner of the No. 6-seed Minnesota at No. 2-Seed Miami (Fla.) game which is taking place right now. The NIT Quarterfinal final game will be played on Tuesday night at 7 and televised on ESPN2.
The Vols finish the season at 19-15 as Jeronne Maymon tallied 17 points and seven rebounds. Jarnell Stokes netted 15 points while Trae Golden had 14 and eight assists.
Bruce Massey, who came into the game averaging 5.6 points, scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds. He also made 8-of-9 free throws, after coming into the game as a 55 percent shooter.
Massey put MTSU ahead for good at 65-64 with 1:29 left in regulation. He then blocked Trae Golden's jump shot just seconds later and added a jump-stop bucket in the paint with 39.1 seconds left in the game.
Raymond Cintron made four free throws in the final 17.2 to seal the win and finish the 15-0 run.
Tennessee didn't score for the game's final 7:11. The Vols made just 1-of-13 from 3-point range and were outrebounded 46-30 by MTSU.
MTSU battled back to get within one at 64-63 on a lay-up by Marcos Knight with 2:41 left in regulation as the Blue Raiders went on a 7-0 run.
The Vols extended their lead to 64-56 on a Jordan McRae driving lay-up after Stokes saved a ball from going out of bounds with 7:11 remaining. That would be the Vols' final points of the season.
A putback by Yemi Makanjuola gave the Vols a 55-48 lead with 11:27 left in the second half and forced MTSU to call timeout.
The Vols took a 45-41 lead on a 3-point play by Golden with 16:28 left in the second half.
Tennessee took its first lead since 2-0 on a Maymon lay-in, one minute into the second half, as the Vols took a 39-38 advantage.
The Vols trailed 36-34 at halftime as McRae swatted Massey as time expired in the half. Stokes tallied 12 and Maymon added 11 points in the first half.
The end of the first half was frenetic as the Vols cut the deficit to a bucket after being down 36-29 with less than a minute left.
Down by as many as 12 points in the first half, the Vols rallied tie the game at 25-25 on a Josh Richardson jumper with 2:58 left in the first half. That bucket finished off a 14-2 run by the Vols spanning 5:19. During that stretch, the Vols forced MTSU into six turnovers.
MTSU opened the game with runs of, 8-0, 7-0 and 6-0 in the first 12 minutes to build a 23-11 lead with 8:36 left in the first half. Bruce Massey's jumper gave the Blue Raiders a 12-point bulge.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) announced early Thursday that Tennessee's second-round game against Middle Tennessee will tip-off Monday at 7 p.m. ET at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN.
The Volunteers defeated Savannah State 65-51 in first-round action Tuesday night, while Middle Tennessee advanced with an 86-78 home victory over Marshall in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
General admission tickets for Monday's game are on sale now. All seats for the NIT are general admission and tickets cost $10. Parking is free.
All customers are encouraged to purchase online and use the "print at home" delivery method to avoid lines at the Will Call window.
UT students should register for tickets at BigOrangeTix.com (same procedure as during the regular season).
To purchase tickets over the phone, please call 865-656-1200 or 1-800-332-8657. Hours at the Thompson-Boling Arena Ticket Office are 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday (including during UT Spring Break).
All regular basketball game parking lots will be open and available, except for Lot 23D (immediately west of Thompson-Boling Arena) and parking spaces reserved for handicapped/disabled patrons. Parking passes that were issued for the regular-season games will not be valid or in effect for any hosted NIT games.
The Courtside Club at the Ray Mears Room will not be open for NIT games.
Tennessee leads the all-time series with Middle Tennessee 9-1, dating to 1988. The Vols own a 6-0 record against the Blue Raiders in Knoxville.
The winner of the Vols-MTSU game will take on the winner of the Miami-Minnesota game on Wednesday, March 21. The Vols would host the game if they beat MTSU.
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Golden finished with 11 points, marking his 11th straight game in double figures and his 26th game in double figures this season. Golden played a team-high 34 minutes on Tuesday as well.
With Jeronne Maymon's absence due to injury, Cameron Tatum is the only Vol to start all 33 games this season.
With its seventh different starting lineup this season, the Vols moved to 7-0 when debuting a new starting five.
Tennessee registered its first NIT victory since 1992, a 20-year span.
UT's freshmen combined to score 33 points, the most the Vol rookies have put up together in a single game this season.
Holding the Tigers to 51 points, UT put up its second-best scoring defense effort of the season.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The top-seeded Vols scored the first 10 points of their NIT First Round game with Savannah State and never trailed the rest of the way in a 65-51 victory on Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Tigers got within two points in the second half, but could never overtake the Vols.
Tennessee (19-14) will play host to a second-round game on a day to be determined (between March 15-19). The Vols will host No. 4 Middle Tennessee, who knocked off No. 5 Marshall, 86-78, on Tuesday night.
A trio of freshmen keyed the victory as junior All-SEC bigman Jeronne Maymon was sidelined with a sore knee. Vols freshmen scored a combined 33 points, the most by rookies in a game this season.
SEC All-Freshman selection Jarnell Stokes led the Vols with 13 points, his seventh game in double-figures this season.
Making his first-career start, freshman Yemi Makanjuola tallied 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds. It was his best game since a career-high vs. The Citadel (12/29/11), when he had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Fellow rookie Josh Richardson had his best scoring game in four months with 10 points.
Sophomore Trae Golden scored 11 for his 11th game in row in double-figures and 26th game this season. Junior Skylar McBee canned three 3-pointers for nine points.
Savannah State (21-12) was led by Rashad Hassan (20 points and 13 rebounds) and Preston Blackman (14 points).
The Vols held their 10th opponent this season with 60 or fewer points. Savannah State shot just 32.8 from the floor.
With Savannah State within two points with 14:07 left in regulation, the Vols went on an 8-0 run to regain control of the game and go ahead 45-35 with 10:47 left in the game. Richardson's jumper returned the margin back to double-figures.
The Vols continued to hold a lead of at least seven points for the remainder of the game.
Savannah State went on a 9-0 run early in the second half to draw within two at 35-33 on a pair of Blackman free throws, six minutes into the second half.
Tennessee led 32-24 at halftime with Stokes tallying seven in the first half.
Savannah State cut the Vols' lead to single-digits at 27-20 with mini 10-1 run keyed by two Pretson Blackman 3-pointers, and eight points in the spurt that ended with 2:48 left in the first half.
The Vols took a lead as large as 17 points, at 26-9 on two Makanjuola free throws with 7:16 left in the second half.
Tennessee opened the game scoring the first 10 points. Savannah State missed its first seven shots from the floor as the Vols dominated. The Tigers' first points came 6:40 into the game on a Rashan Hassan jumper.
The Vols won their eighth straight home game dating and have won 13 of their last 14 at Thompson-Boling Arena. The lone loss came to top-ranked Kentucky on Jan. 31.
The Vols won their first NIT postseason game since 1992, when UT downed UAB, 71-68.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee basketball team has earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and will host Savannah State Tuesday, March 13, in the opening round of the tournament. The Volunteers and Tigers will tip off at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
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"It's always a good thing to have an opportunity to play in the postseason," UT head coach Cuonzo Martin said. "I think everyone has a bad taste in their mouths after losing early in the SEC Tournament. Now we've got an opportunity to continue to win ballgames and send our seniors out on a positive note."
Tennessee earned one of the four No. 1 seeds in the 32-team field by virtue of its 18-14 regular-season record and 10-6 finish in Southeastern Conference play. The Vols also closed out the regular season by winning eight of their last nine games.
The Vols' first-round opponent, Savannah State, travels to Knoxville as the regular-season Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions with a 21-11 (14-2 MEAC) record. The Tigers, who are coached by 2012 MEAC Coach of the Year Horace Broadnax, won 13 straight games at the end of the regular season before losing to Hampton in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament.
This is Broadnax's third MEAC Coach of the Year accolade. He twice won the award while coaching at Bethune-Cookman in 1999 and 2000.
The winner of Tuesday's game will face the winner of the No. 4 seed Middle Tennessee and No. 5 seed Marshall contest at a time and date to be determined.
This is Tennessee's 12th all-time appearance in the NIT, and the Vols own a 12-11 record in the event. Tennessee's most recent NIT appearance was in 2004, when the Vols dropped a 58-55 first-round contest at George Mason.
The program's best showing at the NIT came in 1985 when the Vols advanced to the semifinals in New York City and fell to Indiana before beating Louisville in the consolation game.
NIT TICKET INFORMATION
General admission tickets are on sale now for the Tennessee basketball team's National Invitation Tournament (NIT) first-round game against Savannah State on Tuesday, March 13. Tip-off set for 8 p.m. ET at Thompson-Boling Arena.
All customers are encouraged to purchase online and use the "print at home" delivery method to avoid lines at the Will Call window. Direct link to purchase tickets online: BUY TICKETS HERE.
Tickets for the NIT are general admission and cost $10.
UT students should register for tickets at BigOrangeTix.com (same procedure as during the regular season).
Phones sales begin at 8:30 a.m. ET, on Monday, March 12, by calling 865-656-1200 or 1-800-332-8657. Fans can purchase tickets at the Thompson-Boling Arena Ticket Office beginning Monday, March 12, at 8:30 a.m. Ticket window hours are 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday for as long as Tennessee remains in the NIT field (including UT Spring Break).
The Courtside Club at the Ray Mears Room will not be open for NIT games.
All regular basketball game parking lots will be open and available, except for Lot 23D (immediately west of Thompson-Boling Arena) and parking spaces reserved for handicapped/disabled patrons. Parking passes that were issued for the regular-season games will not be valid or in effect for any hosted NIT games.
NEW ORLEANS - After Skylar McBee sent the game to OT with 2.1 seconds left in regulation, Ole Miss withstood the Vols for a 77-72 overtime victory in the SEC Quarterfinals. The game was never separated by more than two possessions until the final minutes of overtime. The Vols (18-14) lost for just the second time in their last 10 games and will await their national postseason fate, which will be revealed on Sunday.
McBee, who struggled early, was the key cog in the Vols' offense down the stretch as he finished with 15 points, making 5-of-11 from the 3-point range.
The trio of senior Cameron Tatum (15 points), junior Jeronne Maymon (11 points and 17 rebounds) and sophomore Trae Golden (game-high 21 points) were strong for the Vols. Freshman Jarnell Stokes grabbed 11 rebounds for his fourth double-figure board game this season before fouling out in overtime.
Maymon's rebounds were the second-most by a Vol all-time in the SEC Tournament, behind Stevie Hamer's SEC Tourney record 21 set in 1996.
Ole Miss (20-12) was led by Terrance Henry, who tallied 19 points and had six rebounds. Jarvis Summers scored 17 points. Reginald Buckner had 14 points and nine rebounds.
Summers put Ole Miss ahead for good in overtime with a jumper with 3:35 left in overtime at 65-63. Henry canned another jumper with 2:49 left in OT for a four-point lead, 67-63. Tennessee then suffered a blow as Maymon fouled out with 2:25 left in regulation. Reginald Buckner made 1-of-2 resulting free throws for a five-point margin.
Murphy Holloway's putback with 1:34 left in OT marked the game's largest lead at seven, 70-63. But McBee answered with a 3-pointer just 12 seconds later.
Buckner then tipped in a miss for Ole Miss with 48.1 left and a 72-66 lead. Jordan McRae made 1-of-2 foul shots. After Henry made two free throws McBee gave the Vols life with a 3-pointer with 29.7 left in OT. That cut Ole Miss' lead to 74-70.
Ladrius White missed two free throws keeping the Vols alive with 25.4 seconds left. Stokes then made two free throws with 14.5 left to cut the deficit to two at 74-72.
Henry made three free throws in the final 11.6 left to regain a two-possession lead and seal the win.
McBee sent the game into overtime with a bank-shot 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds in regulation to tie the game at 61 all.
Ole Miss took the lead 58-56 on a 3-point play by Henry with 2:19 left in the second half. Buckner added a free throw with 1:35 left for a 3-point edge.
With 29 seconds left Nick Williams missed a jumper for the Rebels and the Vols got the rebound as the ball went out of bounds off Ole Miss. Golden was fouled with 9.8 seconds left and made two free throws to bring the Vols back within one at 59-58.
Henry made two free throws with 9.1 left as Tennessee regained possession down three, 61-58.
McBee, who struggled much of the night gave Tennessee a lead at 54-53 with 4:53 left in regulation.
The game stood tied at 28 at halftime with Golden (11) and Maymon (10) combining for 21 of UT's 28 points. Maymon had 11 boards in the first half alone. Ole Miss was whistled for 14 fouls in the first half.
Tennessee made a season-low six first-half field goals.
Tennessee had a sluggish start from the field and made just three of its first 22 shots over the first 17:41 of the game. Despite the poor shooting start, Tennessee never trailed by more than two possessions for the entire half. Tennessee was within one possession for the final 7:30 after being tied at 16 all. The Vols had Tatum to thank for keeping them in the game as he had 10 of UT's first 11 points. In fact Tatum was the only Vol to make a field goal for the game's first 17-plus minutes until Golden tied the game at 23 all on a runner with 2:19 left in the first half.
The Southeastern Conference announced its men's basketball postseason awards Tuesday, and Tennessee forwards Jeronne Maymon and Jarnell Stokes were among those honored. All awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.
Maymon, a native of Madison, Wis., landed on the coaches' All-SEC second-team after a breakout junior campaign. Maymon was Tennessee's top performer in conference play. He started all 16 SEC games and led the Vols in scoring (14.2 ppg), rebounding (7.9 rpg), field-goal percentage (.573) and steals (1.2 spg).
Maymon had a team-high eight double-doubles this season, and he also drew a team-high 16 charges. He led the Vols in scoring seven times and led the team in rebounding 14 times.
His burst onto the national scene in November after exploding for a 32-point, 20-rebound performance against Memphis in the Maui Invitational. It was just the sixth 30-20 game in Tennessee history, and the 20 rebounds were a Maui Invitational record. Throughout the entire season, no SEC player managed to score more points or grab more rebounds in a single game.
Maymon had a 19-rebound game against Auburn, and his top scoring output in SEC play was a 20-point performance at Alabama.
Maymon's development under the staff of first-year head coach Cuonzo Martin has been remarkable, as Maymon averaged just 2.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 9.1 minutes off the bench a season ago.
Stokes - an 18-year-old power forward from Memphis, Tenn., who graduated early from high school and enrolled at UT in January - earned a spot on the coaches' SEC All-Freshman Team.
One of the most heralded signees in Tennessee basketball history, Stokes appeared in 14 games for the Vols, making 11 starts. He appeared in 13 SEC contests and was a difference-maker in UT's home win over defending national champion UConn.
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In league play, Stokes shot .541 from the field while averaging 8.6 points, 7.2 rebounds (ninth in the SEC), 1.2 blocks (10th in the SEC) and 1.1 steals per game. He also ranked 11th in the conference with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game in SEC play.
Stokes was named the SEC Player of the Week in the final week of the regular season after averaging 14.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 1.5 steals in key wins at LSU and against Vanderbilt - two teams with outstanding frontcourts. In fact, Stoke made a habit of starring against some of the nation's top big men. His first of two double-doubles on the year came against UConn, as he totaled 16 points and 12 rebounds against projected 2012 NBA Lottery Pick Andre Drummond and future pro big man Alex Oriakhi.
Stokes is Tennessee's 16th all-time SEC All-Freshman Team honoree.
Coaches voted on eight member teams for first-team All-SEC, second-team All-SEC and the SEC All-Freshman Team. They voted on a five-player squad for the SEC All-Defensive Team. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players, and ties were not broken.
A complete list of the 2012 SEC Men's Basketball postseason awards follows.
First Team All-SEC
Bradley Beal, Florida - G, 6-3, 207, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Kenny Boynton, Florida - G, 6-2, 189, Jr., Pompano Beach, Fla.
Anthony Davis, Kentucky - F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky - F, 6-7, 232, Fr., Somerdale, N.J.
Dee Bost, Mississippi State - G, 6-2, 176, Sr., Concord, N.C.
Arnett Moultrie, Mississippi State - F, 6-11, 249, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt - G, 6-4, 215, Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn.
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt - F, 6-7, 225, Sr., Norkopping, Sweden
Second Team All-SEC
JaMychal Green, Alabama - F, 6-8, 228, Sr., Montgomery, Ala.
^Trevor Releford, Alabama - G, 6-1, 180, So., Kansas City, Mo.
BJ Young, Arkansas - G, 6-3, 175, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Erving Walker, Florida - G, 5-8, 177, Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Terrence Jones, Kentucky - F, 6-9, 252, So., Portland, Ore.
Doron Lamb, Kentucky - G, 6-4, 210, So., Queens, N.Y.
Justin Hamilton, LSU - C, 7-0, 260, Jr., Alpine, Utah
^Terrance Henry, Ole Miss - F, 6-9, 210, Sr., Monroe, La.
Jeronne Maymon, Tennessee - F, 6-7, 265, Jr., Madison, Wis.
SEC All-Freshman Team
BJ Young, Arkansas - G, 6-3, 175, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Bradley Beal, Florida - G, 6-3, 207, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia - G, 6-5, 200, Fr., Greenville, Ga.
Anthony Davis, Kentucky - F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky - F, 6-7, 232, Fr., Somerdale, N.J.
Anthony Hickey, LSU - G, 5-11, 182, Fr., Hopkinsville, Ky.
Rodney Hood, Mississippi State - G, 6-8, 204, Fr., Meridian, Miss.
Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee - F, 6-8, 250, Fr., Memphis, Tenn.
SEC All-Defensive Team
Anthony Davis, Kentucky - F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky - F, 6-7, 232, Fr., Somerdale, N.J.
Reginald Buckner, Ole Miss - F, 6-9, 225, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
Damontre Harris, South Carolina - F, 6-9, 214, So., Fayetteville, N.C.
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt - F, 6-7, Sr., 225, Norrkoping, Sweden
SEC Coach of the Year: John Calipari, Kentucky
SEC Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Patric Young, Florida
SEC Freshman of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC Sixth-Man of the Year: Darius Miller, Kentucky
SEC Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
^-Ties are not broken
