Two Gators earn preseason All-SEC honors, Gators picked to finish 6th
The Florida Gators basketball team has been picked to finish sixth in the Southeastern Conference via a league media vote, the conference announced Monday. Meanwhile, two Gators — Walter Clayton Jr. and Alex Condon — earned preseason All-SEC honors.
Florida placed sixth in the SEC standings last season with 11-7 league record and followed that up with a run to the SEC Tournament championship game for the first time in a full decade. The Gators also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, but lost to Colorado in the first round.
This season’s squad returns a good bit of talent from that team. Monday, the Gators landed at No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason rankings. (Full rankings HERE)
Clayton, a senior guard, was a first-team preseason All-SEC selection. He led the Gators in scoring last season at 17.6 points per game. Clayton finished with 633 points, which is the fifth-highest total in program history. This season, he’ll play point guard after being a shooting guard as a junior.
Condon, a sophomore forward/center, was a third-team pick. He’s coming off a season in which he averaged 7.7 points and 6.6 rebounds a game to earn SEC All-Freshman honors. Per Florida sports information, “his rebounding average and his 45 blocked shots led all SEC freshmen in 2023-24.”
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Preseason All-SEC teams and predicted order of finish
First Team All-SEC
Mark Sears – Alabama
Johni Broome – Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr. – Florida
Zakai Zeigler – Tennessee
Wade Taylor IV – Texas A&M
Second Team All-SEC
Grant Nelson – Alabama
Jonas Aidoo – Arkansas
Johnell Davis – Arkansas
Matthew Murrell – Ole Miss
Josh Hubbard – Mississippi State
Third Team All-SEC
Chad Baker-Mazara – Auburn
Alex Condon – Florida
Jaxson Robinson – Kentucky
Collin Murray-Boyles – South Carolina
Tramon Mark – Texas
SEC Player of the Year
Mark Sears – Alabama
Predicted Order of Finish
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Tennessee
4. Arkansas
5. Texas A&M
6. Florida
7. Texas
8. Kentucky
9. Ole Miss
10. Mississippi State
11. South Carolina
12. Georgia
13. Missouri
14. LSU
15. Oklahoma
16. Vanderbilt
