Amateur Status College Basketball SEC Preview

Ever since Florida's super team (Noah, Green, Brewer, Horford, and Humphries) left the SEC after winning two straight national championships, the conference has been searching for a team to be the conference's flag bearer. The search has not gone well. The league actually flirted with being a single bid conference until a few teams stepped up in March to secure bids, but have no fear SEC fans, help is on the way. John Calipari has arrived in Lexington and he brought Worldwide Wes with him...but you didn't hear that from me (You will here more about William "Worldwide Wes" Wesley later on in this blog...I promise. Just in case your in need of more info, click here). The point is, nearly half of the All-SEC Freshman Team team will be playing for Calipari this year. Mississippi St. State freshman Renardo Sidney also will also claim a spot on the All-Shady Dealings Freshman Team (if you need any background information on the Renardo Sidney story, click here). The aforementioned Sidney and Kentucky's entire recruiting class will team up with fellow newbies Kenny Boynton (Florida) and John Jenkins (Vanderbilt) to inject a shot of sorely needed talent into the SEC. The SEC will be back in contention on the national stage this year, and it will have it's young guns to thank.

SEC Rankings
1. Kentucky Wildcats
2. Tennessee Volunteers
3. Mississippi State Bulldogs
4. Ole Miss Running Rebels
5. Florida Gators 
6. Vanderbilt Commodores
7. Arkansas Razorbacks
8. South Carolina Gamecocks
9. Alabama Crimson Tide
10. LSU Tigers
11. Georgia Bulldogs
12. Auburn Tigers 

All-SEC Team
F - Patrick Patterson (Kentucky)
F - Michael Washington (Arkansas)
G - Courtney Fortson (Arkansas)
F - JaMychal Green (Alabama)
G - Senario Hillman (Alabama)
F - Trey Thompkins (Georgia)
G - Terrico White (Ole Miss)
G - Chris Warren (Ole Miss)
F - Jarvis Varnado (Mississippi State)
G - Devan Downey (South Carolina)
F - Tyler Smith (Tennessee)
C - AJ Ogilvy (Vanderbilt)

All-SEC Rookie Team
G - John Wall (Kentucky)
G - Kenny Boynton Jr. (Florida)
F - DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky)
F - Renardo Sidney (Mississippi State)
G - John Jenkins (Vanderbilt)
G - Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky)
C - Daniel Orton (Kentucky)
F - Tony Mitchell (Alabama)