SEC Coaches Tab Warren To Preseason All-SEC First Team

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Ole Miss sophomore point guard Chris Warren has been named a first-team selection on the fifth annual men’s basketball coaches preseason All-SEC teams, the Southeastern Conference office announced Monday.

The honor is yet another on Warren’s growing list of preseason recognition, which includes a preseason All-SEC second team selection by the media, as well as numerous spots on preseason magazine lists for top players in the SEC and top point guards in the country. This summer, Warren was one of 11 of the country’s top floor generals to participate in Nike’s Steve Nash Skills Academy.

Thirty-two different players received votes for the coaches preseason All-SEC teams. LSU and Tennessee led all schools with three selections each, while Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson and Vanderbilt’s A.J. Ogilvy were the only unanimous first-team selections.

The coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC Head Men’s Basketball Coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.

A list of the 2009 SEC Men’s Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows.

FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC

Nick Calathes, Florida, G/F

Patrick Patterson, Kentucky# 

Tasmin Mitchell, LSU, F

Marcus Thornton, LSU, G

Chris Warren, Ole Miss, G

Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State, F/C

Devan Downey, South Carolina, G

Tyler Smith, Tennessee, F

A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt#, C

SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC

Alonzo Gee, Alabama, G

Ronald Steele, Alabama, G

Michael Washington, Arkansas, F/C

Korvotney Barber, Auburn, F

Terrance Woodbury, Georgia, G/F

Chris Johnson, LSU, C

Jodie Meeks, Kentucky

Dominque Archie, South Carolina, F

Wayne Chism, Tennessee, F

J.P. Prince, Tennessee, G

#-Unanimous Selection

Ties are not broken

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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