Birmingham, Ala. - Kentucky was predicted to win the 2017 Southeastern Conference men's basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
The Wildcats are the overall preseason favorite for the 13th time since the 1998-99 season.
Voting for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year resulted in a three-way tie with Georgia senior forward Yante Maten, Missouri freshman forward Michael Porter, Jr. and Texas A&M sophomore forward Robert Williams finishing as the media favorites. Alabama's Collin Sexton, Florida's KeVaughn Allen, Kentucky's Hamidou Diallo, and Mississippi State's Quinndary Weatherspoon also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.