SEC releases preseason men's basketball All-SEC teams for 2024-25 season

On Monday, the SEC released its preseason all-conference teams, as chosen by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. With familiar and fresh faces alike, there was no shortage of players to choose from.

The 2024-25 campaign begins Monday, November 4, with conference play set to begin Saturday, January 4. The 2025 SEC Tournament will be March 12-16 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Here are the preseason men’s basketball All-SEC teams for the 2024-25 season.

First Team All-SEC
G Mark Sears, Alabama
F Johni Broome, Auburn
G Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
G Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
G Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M

Second Team All-SEC
F Grant Nelson, Alabama
F Jonas Aidoo, Arkansas
G Johnell Davis, Arkansas
G Matthew Murrell, Ole Miss
G Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State

Third Team All-SEC
G Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn
F Alex Condon, Florida
G Jaxson Robinson, Kentucky
F Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
G Tramon Mark, Texas

Mark Sears named preseason SEC Player of the Year

While many players were honored with a spot on the preseason all-conference teams, only one player was named the preseason SEC Player of the Year: Alabama guard Mark Sears.

Sears is entering his fifth collegiate season and third at Alabama. In the 2023-24 season, Sears averaged 21.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game while shooting 50.8% from the field and 43.6% from beyond the arc.

Sears was instrumental in the Crimson Tide’s first-ever run to the Final Four, never scoring less than 18 points in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. With a revamped roster, Sears will look to lead Alabama to even greater heights this season as head coach Nate Oats enters his sixth year at the helm of the program.

“When I was in the draft process and I was keeping up and I just saw the roster that the coaching staff put together, and I was like, ‘Yeah, this roster can contend for a national championship,’” Sears said, regarding his decision to return to Alabama. “And I wanted to be part of it.”

The media voted Alabama most likely to win the 2025 SEC Championship. Oats certainly likes his team’s chances.

“We’re gonna try to win it all this year,” Oats said this offseason. “We’re gonna try to add another championship-caliber program in the athletic department here at Alabama because there’s a lot of them and we’re gonna see if we can get (it) done. I think we’ve got a roster that we’re gonna compete for a national championship this year.”