South Carolina basketball star makes coaches preseason All-SEC team
On Wednesday, South Carolina basketball star forward Collin Murray-Boyles was voted onto the preseason All-SEC team by the league’s coaches. Murray-Boyles made the third team.
Heading into his sophomore campaign, Murray-Boyles is an expected first round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. If he has a strong season, he has a chance to push his way into the lottery.
Murray-Boyles and the Gamecocks hope to follow up a record-tying 26-win season and 2nd-place SEC finish with another strong year. Another trip to the NCAA Tournament would mark South Carolina basketball’s first back-to-back berths in the Big Dance since the 1990s.
CMB was a Freshman All-SEC selection last season, and he was named to the All-SEC preseason team by the conference media, as well.
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From the SEC press release:
Birmingham, Ala. (October 31, 2024) – The Southeastern Conference unveiled its 20th annual men’s basketball coaches’ preseason All-SEC teams Thursday, tipping off the 2024-25 season.
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Alabama’s Mark Sears was the choice of the coaches for SEC Preseason Player of the Year. Joining Sears on the preseason first team is Auburn’s Johni Broome, Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr., Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler, and Texas A&M’s Wade Taylor IV.
Entering the season, KenPom.com has the SEC rated as the No. 1 conference in the nation. Twelve SEC teams are ranked in KenPom.com’s Top 50 and all 16 rank in the Top 100. The Associated Press Preseason Top 25 featured a nation-leading nine teams ranked: Alabama 2nd, Auburn 11th, Tennessee 12th, Texas A&M 13th, Arkansas 16th, Texas 19th, Florida 21st, Kentucky 23rd, and Ole Miss 24th.
The 2024-25 campaign begins November 4, with league play set to begin January 4. The 2025 SEC Tournament will be March 12-16 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
A list of the 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC teams follows:
Preseason Player of the Year
Mark Sears – Alabama
First Team
Mark Sears – Alabama
Johni Broome – Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr. – Florida
Zakai Zeigler – Tennessee
Wade Taylor IV – Texas A&M
Second Team
Grant Nelson – Alabama
Jonas Aidoo – Arkansas
Johnell Davis – Arkansas
Matthew Murrell – Ole Miss
Josh Hubbard – Mississippi State
Third Team
Chad Baker-Mazara – Auburn
Jaxson Robinson – Kentucky
Collin Murray-Boyles – South Carolina
Tre Johnson – Texas
Tramon Mark – Texas
