Oscar Tshiebwe, Sahvir Wheeler voted Preseason First Team All-SEC by Coaches

The coaches have spoken and two Kentucky Wildcats are expected to be among the best in the SEC this season. Seniors Oscar Tshiebwe and Sahvir Wheeler were voted Preseason First Team All-SEC by the league’s 14 coaches. They are Kentucky’s only representatives on the two teams, which have a minimum of eight players each.

By now, you’re familiar with Oscar’s accolades. The reigning unanimous National Player of the Year led the country in rebounding with 15.1 boards to go along with a team-high 17.4 points last season. Oscar was also voted First Team All-American, First Team All-SEC, and was a Naismith Defensive Player of the Year finalist. Oscar set a Kentucky single-season record with 28 double-doubles while finishing the season as the only major-conference player averaging 1.6 blocks and 1.6 steals per game.

Wheeler led the SEC and ranked third nationally with 6.9 assists per game last season. He was voted Second Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and media. Wheeler’s 207 assists were the fourth-most in a single season in Kentucky history and he ranked second in the SEC with a 2.27 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Oscar and Wheeler were also voted Preseason First Team All-SEC by the media and are on watch lists for awards at their respective positions (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for Oscar, Bob Cousy Award for Wheeler).

First Team All-SEC

• Jahvon Quinerly, Alabama
• Nick Smith Jr., Arkansas
• Colin Castleton, Florida
• Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
• Sahvir Wheeler, Kentucky
• Tolu Smith, Mississippi State
• Kobe Brown, Missouri
• Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
• Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

Second Team All-SEC

• Brandon Miller, Alabama
• Wendell Green Jr., Auburn
• K.D. Johnson, Auburn
• Kario Oquendo, Georgia
• KJ Williams, LSU
• Matthew Murrell, Ole Miss
• Josiah-Jordan James, Tennessee
• Henry Coleman III, Texas A&M