Two of Auburn’s top returning players were named to the preseason coaches’ All-SEC team. Both [autotag]Wendell Green Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]K.D. Johnson[/autotag] were named to the second team, the conference announced Wednesday.
Green scored 12.0 points and averaged 5.06 assists per game. He is entering his second season as a Tiger and was named to the Bob Cousy Award watchlist, which is given to the top point guard in the country.
The fiery Johson averaged 12.3 points per game and is Auburn’s top returning scorer.
Auburn basketball will return to action Wednesday night at 7 p.m. CT in Neville Arena against the UAH Chargers in an exhibition game. The game will not be televised or streamed but you can listen to the radio call on the Auburn Athletics app, on their website, Facebook page, or Youtube page.
Here are the full teams as voted on by the league’s coaches.
First Team All-SEC
Jahvon Quinerly – Alabama
Nick Smith Jr. – Arkansas
Colin Castleton – Florida
Oscar Tshiebwe – Kentucky
Sahvir Wheeler – Kentucky
Tolu Smith – Mississippi State
Kobe Brown – Missouri
Santiago Vescovi – Tennessee
Zakai Zeigler – Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
Brandon Miller – Alabama
Wendell Green Jr. – Auburn
K.D. Johnson – Auburn
Kario Oquendo – Georgia
KJ Williams – LSU
Matthew Murrell – Ole Miss
Josiah-Jordan James – Tennessee
Henry Coleman III – Texas A&M
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