Hogs' Gafford named first team All-SEC, team picked to finish 10th in SEC

Arkansas' Daniel Gafford dunks against Colorado State Tuesday Dec. 5, 2017 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
Arkansas' Daniel Gafford dunks against Colorado State Tuesday Dec. 5, 2017 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. — Arkansas' men’s basketball team was picked to finish 10th in the SEC and Razorbacks sophomore forward Daniel Gafford was a first-team all-conference choice in a media poll released on Wednesday at SEC Media Days.

Kentucky was the media’s pick to win the SEC championship. Tennessee and Auburn — which shared the championship last season — were picked second and third, respectively.

Below are the full poll results:

Preseason Media Poll

1 Kentucky

2 Tennessee

3 Auburn

4 Mississippi State

5 Florida

6 LSU

7 Alabama

8 Vanderbilt

9 Missouri

10 Arkansas

11 South Carolina

12 Texas A&M

13 Georgia

14 Ole Miss

First Team All-SEC

Daniel Gafford – Arkansas

Reid Travis – Kentucky

Tremont Waters – LSU

Chris Silva – South Carolina

Grant Williams – Tennessee

Second Team All-SEC

Bryce Brown – Auburn

Jared Harper – Auburn

Jalen Hudson – Florida

PJ Washington – Kentucky

Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi State

Jontay Porter – Missouri

Admiral Schofield – Tennessee

SEC Player of the Year

Grant Williams – Tennessee

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