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A freshman point guard under the tutelage of John Calipari, and the defending national champions, defined the regular season for SEC basketball.A poll of 15 experts who cover the conference for the USA TODAY Sports Network selected Darius Acuff Jr. as the SEC Player of the Year. He became the first player since Pete Maravich to lead the league in both points and assists. He averaged 22.2 points and 6.4 assists per game, lifting the Razorbacks to their highest finish in the SEC standings since 2021.Acuff also was named the SEC Newcomer of the Year by our panel of experts.There was…
Sophomore averaged 29.5 points in final weekNASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt sophomore Tyler Tanner was named SEC co-Player of the Week after averaging 29.5 points over two games in the final week of the regular season.Tanner produced two magnificent performances in leading the Commodores to victories at Ole Miss and Tennessee to close the year. He scored 34 points with seven assists, five rebounds and five steals in the overtime win at Ole Miss. He became only the second SEC player to go for 30/5/5/5 or better in a game in the past 30 years, joining LSU’s Ben Simmons. Tanner is…
Sophomore’s historic season earns top billingNASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt guard Tyler Tanner was named a First Team All-SEC selection by the conference’s head coaches, the league announced Monday. The sophomore and Brentwood native was also named to the SEC All-Defensive Team.Tanner finished the 18-game SEC slate averaging 21.5 points per game with 5.5 assists and 2.3 steals. He is the first SEC player in at least 30 years to average better than 21/5.5/2 in conference action. He is just the third high-major player to hit those marks in league play over the past 30 years, joining consensus All-Americans Jay Williams…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KCTV) – One of the leaders of the Missouri Tigers has been named to an All-SEC team for the second year in a row.Senior forward Mark Mitchell has been named to the All-SEC Second Team, a year after he was named to the All-SEC Third Team as a junior. Mitchell has averaged 17.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game this season.He’s on pace to become the second player in Mizzou history to lead the Tigers in points, rebounds and assists in a single season. The Kansas City, Kansas, native and former Bishop Miege star ranks eighth…
In this story:Vanderbilt point guard Tyler Tanner has now been awarded All-SEC honors after the conclusion of the regular season. Monday afternoon, the SEC released its men’s basketball 2025-2026 awards and Tanner was named to All-SEC First Team and was also named to All-SEC Defensive Team.Tanner was easily one of the top players of the conference all season. When Vanderbilt needed someone to step up in the big moments, Tanner has always been the one to go takeover a game.Vanderbilt’s 86-82 win over No. 23 Tennessee Saturday was one of the latest examples of that trait Tanner possesses. Tanner scored…
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In this story:NASHVILLE—Clark Lea walks up the stairs, turns left as he walks through the second floor lobby of Vanderbilt’s McGugin Center and sees the trophy case parallel to the outlook of Vanderbilt’s practice field. When he does, he notices something is missing. There’s a Birmingham Bowl trophy prominently displayed on the ledge overlooking the practice field, but there’s nothing to commemorate what Lea calls the best team in Vanderbilt football history. That 10-3 Vanderbilt team–which lost the ReliaQuest Bowl to Iowa–was never able to hold up a trophy. That irks Lea. That group felt destined to do something significant to end…
Tyler Palmateer of The Tennessean was honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors in its annual sports journalism contest.Sports editors and journalists throughout the country voted on top-10 placements in various writing, website, print newspaper and photography categories, which were split into four divisions based on newspaper circulation and digital readership size. The Tennessean is in the B Division.The exact order of finish in the writing contests will be announced later. The Tennessean received four awards. Palmateer, who covers high schools, was honored for his high school beat coverage in 2025. His coverage included the TSSAA adopting a one-time transfer rule.…
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