Jerry Tipton on UK basketball

 Kentucky guard Ramel Bradley made the coaches’ all-Southeastern Conference pre-season first team, the league announced on Wednesday.

Teammate Joe Crawford made the second team.

Arkansas led all schools with four selections to one of the two teams.

Alabama’s Richard Hendrix, LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell, Mississippi State’s Jamont Gordon, Tennessee’s Chris Lofton and Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster were unanimous first team selections.

The coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC Head Men’s Basketball Coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.
A list of the 2008 SEC Men’s Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows.

FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC        Pos    Ht    Wt    Cl    Hometown
Richard Hendrix, Alabama#    F    6-8    265    JR    Athens,
Ala.
Patrick Beverley, Arkansas    G    6-1    180    SO    Chicago,
Ill.
Ramel Bradley, Kentucky    –    6-2    199    SR    New York, N.Y.
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU#        F    6-7    230    JR    Denham
Springs, La.
Jamont Gordon, Miss. State#    G/F    6-4    230    JR
Nashville, Tenn.
Charles Rhodes, Miss. State    F/C    6-8    245    SR    Jackson,
Miss.
Chris Lofton, Tennessee#    G    6-2    200    SR
Maysville, Ky.
Shan Foster, Vanderbilt#    G/F    6-6    205    SR    Kenner,
La.

SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC    Pos    Ht    Wt    Cl    Hometown
Alonzo Gee, Alabama        F    6-6    215    JR    Riviera
Beach, Fla.
Steven Hill, Arkansas        F/C    7-0    245    SR    Branson,
Mo.
Charles Thomas, Arkansas    F    6-8    231    SR    Jackson,
Miss.
Sonny Weems, Arkansas    F    6-6    203    SR    West Memphis,
Ark.
Marreese Speights, Florida    F/C    6-10    250    SO    St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Sundiata Gaines, Georgia    G    6-1    210    SR    Jamaica,
N.Y.
Joe Crawford, Kentucky        –    6-5    221    SR    Detroit,
Mich.
Dwayne Curtis, Ole Miss    C    6-8    262    SR    Chicago, Ill.
JaJuan Smith, Tennessee    G    6-2    195    SR    Cleveland, Tenn.
Tyler Smith, Tennessee        F    6-7    215    SO    Pulaski,
Tenn.

#-Unanimous Selection; Ties are not broken