The Kentucky men’s basketball team, under the direction of 14th-year head coach John Calipari, was picked by the league’s media to win the 2023 Southeastern Conference title, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Arkansas, Tennessee, Auburn and Alabama followed the Wildcats, who are in search of their seventh regular-season title under Calipari and 50th in program history, in preseason poll voting.
In addition to the preseason poll, senior Oscar Tshiebwe was tabbed the preseason SEC Player of the Year. Tshiebwe was joined on the preseason All-SEC First Team by fellow senior Sahvir Wheeler.