Florida junior guard KeVaughn Allen and senior point guard Chris Chiozza were named to the coaches preseason All-SEC team on Friday.
Allen averaged a team-high 14 points for the Gators last season while shooting 37 percent from 3-point range. A two-year starter, Allen has amassed 923 career points and is closing in on becoming the 51st player to score 1,000 points in Florida basketball history. Allen also has been named as one of 50 players to the Naismith Trophy Watch List.
Chiozza averaged 7.2 points and 3.8 assists for the Gators and will take over point guard duties full-time this season with the departure of senior Kasey Hill.
Here’s a look at the All-SEC coaches teams. All 14 SEC coaches participated and ties weren’t broken, Nine players were selected to each team:
First Team All-SEC
KeVaughn Allen – Florida
Yante Maten – Georgia
Kevin Knox – Kentucky
Deandre Burnett – Ole Miss
Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi St.
Michael Porter, Jr. – Missouri
Tyler Davis – Texas A&M
Robert Williams – Texas A&M
Matthew Fisher-Davis – Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Braxton Key – Alabama
Collin Sexton – Alabama
Jaylen Barford – Arkansas
Daryl Macon – Arkansas
Mustapha Heron – Auburn
Chris Chiozza – Florida
Terence Davis – Ole Miss
Hamidou Diallo – Kentucky
Chris Silva – South Carolina
Grant Williams – Tennessee
