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[terraceparkvol]

Selected by coaches:​

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2026 SEC Men's Basketball Awards announced​

The Southeastern Conference unveiled its men’s basketball post season awards Monday as selected by the league’s head coaches.

Birmingham, Ala. (March 9, 2029) – The Southeastern Conference unveiled its men’s basketball post season awards Monday as selected by the league’s head coaches.

Florida’s Todd Golden was named SEC Coach of the Year and Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr. was selected as the SEC Player of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year. Florida’s Ruben Chinyelu earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and SEC Defensive Player of the Year; Texas’ Dailyn Swain was voted SEC Newcomer of the Year and Florida’s Urban Klavzar was voted SEC Sixth Man of the Year.

First, second, and third-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, All-Defensive team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Newcomer, Defensive, Sixth-Man, and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league’s 16 coaches.


2025-26 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards

First Team
Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee
Thomas Haugh, Florida
Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama
Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt

Second Team
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
Mark Mitchell, Missouri
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
Dailyn Swain, Texas

Third Team
Rashaun Agee, Texas A&M
Alex Condon, Florida
Keyshawn Hall, Auburn
Aden Holloway, Alabama
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State

All-Defensive Team
Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
Somto Cyril, Georgia
Felix Okpara, Tennessee
Billy Richmond III, Arkansas
Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt

All-Freshman Team
Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Amari Allen, Alabama
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Malachi Moreno, Kentucky
Meleek Thomas, Arkansas

Coach of the Year: Todd Golden, Florida
Player of the Year: Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
Newcomer of the Year: Dailyn Swain, Texas
Freshman of the Year: Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Sixth-Man of the Year: Urban Klavzar, Florida
Defensive Player of the Year: Rueben Chinyelu, Florida

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

Kind suprised see jakobi first team. Nice to see , had good year been little inconsistent some

 

[johnfnkelly]

Will continue eating crow on Ament with an impressive turn around that I don’t think many expected.

 

[walkenvol]

Interesting that 1st team is (4) PG’s and 1 forward? League is deep with Hubbard and Condon on 3rd team.

 

[vols 30]

Josh Hubbard averages 22 a game and is 3rd team?

 

[AllMidSouth65]

IMO pretty hard to argue with the coaches selections as far as expertise and exposure to games and film.