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Wednesday / December 18.
  • Alabama’s Nate Oates Named SEC Coach of the Year, Herbert Jones Player and Defensive Player of the Year; Kentucky strikes out on 1st and 2nd teams

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    Alabama’s Nate Oats was named SEC Coach of the Year and Alabama’s Herbert Jones was honored as Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

    The 6-foot-8 Jones averaged 10.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks for a Crimson Tide team that finished 21-6, 16-2 in the SEC and is the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament.

    Oats recently signed an extension through the 2026-27 season that will increase his annual pay to $3.225 million.

    Arkansas’ Moses Moody was named Freshman of the Year.

    Meantime, Kentucky doesn’t have a single player on the first or second teams and has just one freshman, Isaiah Jackson, on the All-Freshmen Team.

    First Team All-SEC

    Herbert Jones, Alabama

    John Petty Jr., Alabama

    Moses Moody, Arkansas

    Tre Mann, Florida

    Cameron Thomas, LSU

    Devontae Shuler, Ole Miss

    Dru Smith, Missouri

    Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt

    Second Team All-SEC

    Jaden Shackelford, Alabama

    Colin Castleton, Florida

    Sahvir Wheeler, Georgia

    Javonte Smart, LSU

    Trendon Watford, LSU

    D.J. Stewart Jr., Mississippi State

    Jeremiah Tilmon, Missouri

    AJ Lawson, South Carolina

    All-Freshman Team

    Joshua Primo, Alabama

    Moses Moody, Arkansas

    Sharife Cooper, Auburn

    KD Johnson, Georgia

    Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky

    Cameron Thomas, LSU

    Keon Johnson, Tennessee

    Jaden Springer, Tennessee

    All-Defensive Team

    Herbert Jones, Alabama

    Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky

    Abdul Ado, Mississippi State

    Dru Smith, Missouri

    Yves Pons, Tennessee

    Coach of the Year

    Nate Oats, Alabama

    Player of the Year

    Herbert Jones, Alabama

    Scholar-Athlete of the Year

    Dylan Disu, Vanderbilt

    Freshman of the Year

    Moses Moody, Arkansas

    Sixth-Man of the Year

    JD Notae, Arkansas

    Defensive Player of the Year

    Herbert Jones, Alabama

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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