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Media Picks Kentucky to Win SEC, Oscar Tshiebwe Preseason Player of the Year

Kentucky was picked to win the Southeastern Conference by the league’s media the conference announced earlier today.

Kentucky is followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, Auburn and Alabama.

Oscar Tshiebwe was the media’s pick as Preseason SEC Player of the Year.

Here are details from UK Athletics:

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – 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.