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Jon Rothstein says Skal Labissiere is his SEC Preseason Player of the Year

Jon Rothstein went on a Twitter spree this morning, tweeting out his preseason SEC picks. As you might imagine, Kentucky was all over them:

SEC Preseason Power Rankings

1. Kentucky
2. Texas A&M
3. Vanderbilt
4. Mississippi State
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. Florida
8. South Carolina
9. Ole Miss
10. Auburn
11. Arkansas
12. Alabama
13. Tennessee
14. Missouri

SEC Preseason First Team

  • Malik Newman, Mississippi State
  • Danuel House, Texas A&M
  • Ben Simmons, LSU
  • Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
  • Skal Labissiere, Kentucky

SEC Preseason Player of the Year: Skal Labissiere, Kentucky

5 Breakout Guys

  • Yante Maten, Georgia
  • Marcus Lee, Kentucky
  • Matthew Fisher-Davis, Vanderbilt
  • Gavin Ware, Mississippi State
  • Marcus Stroman, South Carolina

Skal, Isaiah Briscoe, and Jamal Murray also made Rothstein’s list of 15 Impact Freshman.