University of Tennessee Athletics
Yarbrough, Slay Earn All-SEC Honors
March 06, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Tennessee’s Vincent Yarbrough and ="" target="_blank">Ron Slay were named All-Southeastern Conference Monday in a vote by the league’s coaches.
Yarbrough, a junior forward from Cleveland, leads the No. 24 Vols in scoring (14.4) and rebounding (7.2) this season. He was a second-team selection by the coaches for the second consecutive year. He averaged 15.9 points a game in SEC play this season.
Slay, a sophomore forward from Nashville, has been the Vols’ sixth man for much of the 2001 campaign, providing an offensive and emotional spark to the team off the bench by averaging 12.5 points per outing. Slay was named to the coaches’ third-team
Ole Miss head coach Rod Barnes, who led the Rebels to the SEC Western Division crown was tabbed by the coaches as the league’s Coach of the Year, while Kentucky’s Tayshaun Prince was honored as the SEC Player of the Year. Justin Reid of Ole Miss was the coaches’ choice for Freshman of the Year.
Yarbrough, Harris and Victor Honored by NABC
Earlier this week, Yarbrough, Tony Harris and Isiah Victor were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ All-District 7 teams. Yarbrough was named to the first-team while Harris and Victor were each second-team selections.
A complete list of the Coaches’ All-SEC Teams follows:
| 2001 Coaches' All-SEC Teams | |||||
| First Team All-SEC | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown |
| Rod Grizzard, Alabama | G | 6-8 | 205 | So. | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Udonis Haslem, Florida | C | 6-8 | 265 | Jr. | Miami, Fla. |
| Brett Nelson, Florida | G | 6-3 | 185 | So. | St. Albans, W.Va. |
| Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky | G/F | 6-9 | 215 | So. | Compton, Calif. |
| Rahim Lockhart, Ole Miss | F | 6-8 | 250 | Sr. | Mendenhall, Miss. |
| Second Team All-SEC | |||||
| Erwin Dudley, Alabama | F | 6-8 | 240 | So. | Uniontown, Ala. |
| Joe Johnson, Arkansas | G/F | 6-9 | 225 | So. | Little Rock, Ark. |
| D.A. Layne, Georgia | G | 6-0 | 190 | Jr. | Marietta, Ga. |
| Keith Bogans, Kentucky | G | 6-5 | 205 | So. | Alexandria, Va. |
| Vincent Yarbrough, Tennessee | F | 6-7 | 210 | Jr. | Cleveland, Tenn. |
| Third Team All-SEC | |||||
| Jannero Pargo, Arkansas | G | 6-1 | 170 | Jr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Marquis Daniels, Auburn | F | 6-6 | 200 | So. | Orlando, Fla. |
| Adam Harrington, Auburn | G | 6-5 | 185 | So. | Bernardston, Mass. |
| Ronald Dupree, LSU | G/F | 6-6 | 205 | So. | Biloxi, Miss. |
| Ron Slay, Tennessee | F | 6-8 | 225 | So. | Nashville, Tenn. |
SEC All-Freshman Team
Gerald Wallace, Alabama
Gerald Fitch, Kentucky
Jason Parker, Kentucky
Justin Reed, Ole Miss*
Matt Freije, Vanderbilt
SEC Player of the Year
Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky
SEC Freshman of the Year
Justin Reed, Ole Miss
SEC Coach of the Year
Rod Barnes, Ole Miss
* Unanimous Selection
