Alabama’s Mark Sears named Preseason SEC Player of the Year by coaches

The preseason accolades continue to come in for Alabama guard Mark Sears.

On Wednesday afternoon, the preseason All-SEC teams and Player of the Year were officially announced by the conference, as voted on by the 16 basketball coaches across the Southeastern Conference.

As expected, the Alabama Crimson Tide were featured in this, headlined by guard Mark Sears being named the 2024-25 preseason SEC Player of the Year.

Sears was also a preseason First Team All-SEC selection by the conference’s coaches, while forward Grant Nelson was named Second Team All-SEC.

As mentioned, this was voted on by the conference’s 16 coaches, which is different than the preseason media poll that came out a few weeks ago. In that poll, Alabama was picked to win the SEC, while Sears was also picked as the preseason SEC Player of the Year as well.

Sears and Nelson were also both preseason First and Second Team All-SEC selections, respectively.

The Crimson Tide are set to begin the 2024-25 season November 4 at home against UNC Asheville.