Media pick Kentucky to win SEC

SEC predictions
(Chosen by media)
Predicted order of finish for the SEC regular-season championship (votes in parentheses):
1. Kentucky (20); 2. Mississippi State (3); 3. Tennessee (2).
Predicted order of finish for the division championships (6 points for first-place vote, 5 for second through 1 for sixth; first-place votes in parentheses):
East: 1. Kentucky 148 (23); 2. Tennessee 117 (2); 3. Vanderbilt 90; 4. South Carolina 77; 5. Florida 68; 6. Georgia 25.
West: 1. Mississippi State 144 (22); 2. Mississippi 120 (2); 3. Alabama 84; 4. LSU 70 (1); 5. Arkansas 63; 6. Auburn 44.
All-SEC team
First team
x-Patrick Patterson, F, Kentucky
Devan Downey, G, South Carolina
Tyler Smith, G/F, Tennessee
Jarvis Varnado, F, Mississippi State
Terrico White, G, Mississippi
(x-unanimous selection)
Second team
Tasmin Mitchell, F, Louisiana State
A.J. Ogilvy, C, Vanderbilt
DeWayne Reed, G, Auburn
John Wall, G, Kentucky
Chris Warren, G, Mississippi
SEC Player of the Year
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

Kentucky was nearly a unanimous pick to win the Southeastern Conference regular-season and Eastern Division championships in the 2009-10 men's basketball season, and junior forward Patrick Patterson was chosen SEC Player of the Year, according to a poll of conference and national media members released Monday afternoon.

UK received all but two of the 25 votes to win the Eastern Division. For the overall championship balloting, UK received all but five of the votes.

The media has not voted Kentucky the favorite to win the Eastern Division since the 2005-06 season. The Cats were picked third the past two seasons

Patrick Patterson was a unanimous pick to to the pre-season first team. Freshman teammate John Wall was named to the second team.

Patterson received 11 votes for Player of the Year, followed by Wall (six votes), and Varnado and Downey (three votes each) and Smith (two).

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