University of Tennessee Athletics
WATSON NAMED SECOND TEAM PRESEASON ALL-SEC
October 28, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Oct. 28, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Kentucky was predicted to win its 44th Southeastern Conference men's basketball championship while Tennessee was voted to capture its 14th conference women's title in a voting of media held at the SEC Basketball Media Days, held Oct. 26-27 at the Birmingham Marriott.
Kentucky, the defending SEC champions, took 28 of the 35 votes cast for the SEC title and won 33 votes in the Eastern Division race. Predicted to finish behind the Wildcats in the Eastern Division were Florida, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.
In the Western Division, Alabama took 25 votes and led LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Auburn.
The Lady Vols took 10 of 22 first place votes and finished just three points ahead of second-place LSU, despite the defending SEC champion Lady Tigers pulling in 11 first place votes. Georgia, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Auburn rounded out the top six.
Arkansas junior guard Ronnie Brewer was voted the SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year with 12 votes, followed by LSU sophomore forward Glen Davis with 11 votes. Joining Brewer and Davis on the All-SEC first-team were Alabama senior forward Chuck Davis, Kentucky sophomore guard Rajon Rondo and Alabama sophomore guard Ronald Steele.
LSU senior guard/forward Seimone Augustus, the reigning National Player of the Year, was the overwhelming choice of the media for SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year with 18 votes. Georgia sophomore forward Tasha Humphrey, last year's SEC Freshman of the Year, received three votes.
Joining Augustus and Humphrey on the All-SEC first-team were Vanderbilt junior forward Carla Thomas, LSU sophomore center Sylvia Fowles, Tennessee senior guard Shanna Zolman and Ole Miss junior guard Armintie Price.
The SEC basketball season begins with exhibition games starting on Nov. 1.
>| 2006 SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA DAYS VOTING | |
| Champion - Kentucky (28), Alabama (6), LSU (1) | |
| Eastern Division | |
| Kentucky (33) | 207 |
| Florida (1) | 146 |
| Vanderbilt (1) | 144 |
| South Carolina | 114 |
| Tennessee | 78 |
| Georgia | 46 |
| Western Division | |
| Alabama (25) | 199 |
| LSU (7) | 173 |
| Arkansas (3) | 151 |
| Mississippi State | 93 |
| Ole Miss | 68 |
| Auburn | 51 |
| All-SEC | |
| First-Team | |
| Chuck Davis, Alabama | 32 |
| Glen Davis, LSU | 32 |
| Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas | 30 |
| Rajon Rondo, Kentucky | 27 |
| Ronald Steele, Alabama | 16 |
| Second-Team | |
| Corey Brewer, Florida | 8 |
| Al Horford, Florida | 5 |
| Mario Moore, Vanderbilt | 4 |
| C.J. Watson, Tennessee | 4 |
| Jermareo Davidson, Alabama | 3 |
| Player of the Year | |
| Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas | 12 |
| Glen Davis, LSU | 11 |
| Rajon Rondo, Kentucky | 5 |
| Chuck Davis, Alabama | 6 |
| Mario Moore, Vanderbilt | 1 |
