Brandon Miller Named SEC Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year by League Coaches

A total of six different Alabama players were awarded honors by the league's coaches.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference revealed its men's basketball postseason awards list on Monday afternoon, with the league's 14 coaches giving their picks for this year's honors.

Alabama freshman forward Brandon Miller earned First Team All-SEC honors as well as being named both the SEC Player of the Year and the SEC Freshman of the Year. He's the first player to win both during the same season since Kentucky center Anthony Davis in 2011-12. 

 Senior guard Jahvon Quinerly earned the final individual honor for a Crimson Tide player by being named Co-Sixth-Man of the Year, splitting the award with Antonio Reeves of Kentucky.

Miller was the lone representative for Alabama on the SEC's First Team, while guard Mark Sears was the only Crimson Tide player named to the league's Second Team. Center Charles Bediako was named to the SEC's All-Defensive Team, while a trio of freshman made the SEC All-Freshman Team in Miller, Jaden Bradley and Noah Clowney.

Here is the full list of SEC postseason honors for the 2022-23 men's basketball season:

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

Individual Honors

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