Projected Order of Finish
1. Kentucky - Coach Cal reloaded with another bumper crop of blue chips, but extreme lack of depth means young Cats will have to stay out of foul trouble and injury-free.
2. Florida - 6-9 225-pound freshman Patric Young provides the perennially soft Gators with much-needed toughness.
3. Tennessee - Bruce Pearl has done a great job in Knoxville, but it is pretty incredible that he still has his job at this point.
4. Vanderbilt - Commodores will miss point guard Jermaine Beal more than overrated big man A.J. Ogilvy.
5. Mississippi State - When Dee Bost and Renardo Sidney become eligible, watch out for a nice Bulldogs squad that will feast on the SEC West competition.
6. Georgia - Everyone's favorite dark horse is on the verge of becoming overrated.
7. Alabama - JaMychal Green, Senario Hillman, and Mikhail Torrance give the Tide a formidable threesome.
8. Mississippi - Senior guard Chris Warren leads Andy Kennedy's attack in Oxford.
9. South Carolina - Darrin Horn thinks he has something special in freshman guard Bruce Ellington.
10. Arkansas - John Pelphrey is on the hot seat after his Razorbacks missed the tournament for a second straight season.
11. LSU - I like Trent Johnson, but he has had trouble bringing talent to Baton Rouge.
12. Auburn - It was a mistake to fire Jeff Lebo one year removed from a 20-win season.
All-Conference
Dee Bost, Mississippi State, jr, guard
Travis Leslie, Georgia, jr. guard
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt, jr, forward
Chandler Parsons, Florida, sr, forward
Trey Thompkins, Georgia, jr, forward
Player of the Year
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt - Reminds me of a young Grant Hill.
Top Freshman
Brandon Knight, Kentucky - There will be less of a drop off from John Wall to Knight than people think.
Top Defender
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt - Locks down opposition's best player on nightly basis.
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