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SEC Awards: Alabama's Mark Sears, Labaron Philon recognized by league coaches

1918632_10206777287683070_1367905321192383146_nby:Charlie Potter•about 8 hours•

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Alabama guards Labaron Philon and Mark Sears
Alabama guards Labaron Philon and Mark Sears (Erik Williams / Imagn Images)

The Southeastern Conference announced its men’s basketball postseason awards on Monday, and a couple of Alabama players were recognized by the league’s 16 head coaches.

Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears was a first-team All-SEC selection, marking the second year in a row he’s earned the honor. He was a second-team honoree in his first season with Alabama in 2022-23. Sears is averaging 19.2 points and 5.0 assists per game in 2024-25.

Alabama guard Labaron Philon was named to the SEC All-Freshman team following his rookie regular season. The freshman is averaging 10.9 points and 3.5 assists per game for UA.

Sears becomes the fifth Alabama player in the last six years to be named first-team All-SEC under head coach Nate Oats and is the first Tide player since Trevor Releford (2013 and 2014) to earn first-team All-SEC honors twice throughout their UA career. Philon becomes the eighth freshman under Oats to be named to the Freshman All-SEC Team.

First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, All-Defensive team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive, Sixth-Man and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the conference’s 16 head coaches. Any voting ties were not broken.

2024-25 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards

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

Second Team
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
Tre Johnson, Texas
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
Otega Oweh, Kentucky

Third Team
Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn
Alex Condon, Florida
Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt
Mark Mitchell, Missouri
Sean Pedulla, Ole Miss

All-Defensive Team
Denver Jones, Auburn
Jahmai Mashack, Tennessee
Cameron Matthews, Mississippi State
Anthony Robinson II, Missouri
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

All-Freshman Team
Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
Tre Johnson, Texas
Asa Newell, Georgia
Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn
Labaron Philon, Alabama

Coach of the Year: Bruce Pearl, Auburn
Player of the Year: Johni Broome, Auburn
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, South Carolina
Newcomer of the Year: Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Tre Johnson, Texas
Sixth-Man of the Year: Caleb Grill, Missouri
Defensive Player of the Year: Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

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