Coaches Name Kira Lewis Jr. Preseason First-Team All-SEC

Crimson Tide guard one of nine players named preseason first-team All-SEC by coaches
Alabama Athletics

University of Alabama sophomore point guard Kira Lewis Jr. was one of nine players named first-team All-SEC by the coaches on Monday. 

With the 2019-20 season set to start Tuesday, the league unveiled its 16th annual men's basketball coaches preseason teams. 

All 14 schools are represented on the two teams with Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Tennessee each having multiple selections. 

In all, 40 different players received votes.

The coaches' preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC basketball coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.

First Team All-SEC

Kira Lewis Jr. - Alabama
Kerry Blackshear - Florida
Andrew Nembhard - Florida
Anthony Edwards - Georgia
Ashton Hagans - Kentucky
Skylar Mays - LSU
Breein Tyree - Ole Miss
Reggie Perry - Mississippi State
A.J. Lawson - South Carolina

Second Team All-SEC

Isaiah Joe - Arkansas
Austin Wiley - Auburn
Tyrese Maxey - Kentucky
EJ Montgomery - Kentucky
Javonte Smart - LSU
Devontae Shuler - Ole Miss
Jeremiah Tilmon Jr. - Missouri
Jordan Bowden - Tennessee
Lamonté Turner - Tennessee
Savion Flagg - Texas A&M
Aaron Nesmith - Vanderbilt

This story will be updated.


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Christopher Walsh
CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.