Alabama basketball was predicted to finish fifth in the SEC by the media, the conference announced Tuesday. Tennessee was predicted to win the league. Points were compiled on a 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Each media member also voted for a five-player All-SEC Team. Ties were not broken.

The Crimson Tide landed a pair of preseason All-SEC selections as North Dakota State transfer forward Grant Nelson was selected to the first team while senior Mark Sears was a second-team selection.

Texas A&M guard Wade Taylor IV was picked to win SEC Player of the Year.

1. Tennessee

2. Texas A&M

3. Arkansas

4. Kentucky

5. Alabama

6. Auburn

7. Mississippi State

8. Florida

9. Missouri

10. Ole Miss

11. Vanderbilt

12. Georgia

13. LSU

14. South Carolina

Grant Nelson | F | Alabama | 6-11, 230
Trevon Brazile | F | Arkansas | 6-10, 220
Johni Broome | F | Auburn | 6-10, 240
Justin Edwards | G | Kentucky | 6-8, 203
Tolu Smith | F | Mississippi State | 6-11, 245
Santiago Vescovi | G | Tennessee | 6-3, 192
Wade Taylor IV | G | Texas A&M | 6-0, 175

Mark Sears | G | Alabama | 6-1, 185
Davonte Davis | G | Arkansas | 6-4, 185
Riley Kugel | G | Florida | 6-5, 207
Antonio Reeves | G | Kentucky | 6-5, 205
Zakai Zeigler | G | Tennessee | 5-9, 171