It’s official — Dalton Knecht is the SEC Player of the Year. The transfer from Northern Colorado absolutely tore up conference play, putting Tennessee on his back and carrying the Volunteers to a regular season title.
Knecht finished up his regular season averaging 21.4 points per game while shooting 47 percent from the field. The 6-6 wing shot just over 40 percent from three-point range.
After flirting with the number all season long, Knecht finally hit the 40-point mark on Saturday against Kentucky. That was a season high for Knecht, who also scored 39 against Auburn, 39 against Florida, 37 against North Carolina and 36 against Georgia.