Three Tennessee men’s basketball players received All-SEC preseason honors from the league’s coaches Thursday.
Santiago Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler received first-team honors, while Josiah-Jordan James was named to the second team.
Tennessee is the only school to have three players receive preseason All-SEC honors.
Vesovi, a fifth-year guard, was also named First-Team All-SEC by media. A two-time first-team all-conference selection, Vescovi averaged 12.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game last season.
Zeigler received Second-Team All-SEC honors from the media. He was also named Second-Team All-SEC following last season, averaging 10.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.0 steals per game in 2022-23.
James, also a fifth-year player for Tennessee, earned second-team preseason honors from media.
James averaged 10.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game last season.