BATON ROUGE – The LSU men’s basketball team, off its 22-9 season that saw the Tigers finish in a four-way tie for third at 11-7 in the league, were featured prominently in All-SEC teams announced on Monday by two media organizations – Scout.com and Collegehoopsdaily.com.
Scout on its SEC First Team has both Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey on its first team of eight players. Of Martin, Scout said, “Top five in scoring and rebounding; averaged 22.8 points in final five games.” Mickey received the following comments: “Nation’s leader in blocked shots, rejected 62 in 17 SEC games, shot 50.7% from the field.”
Keith Hornsby, who made the game winning shot on Saturday at Arkansas, was on the eight-player second team and Jalyn Patterson was selected to the eight-player All-SEC Freshman team.
Jordan Mickey was named the Defensive Player of the Year by Scout.com and Tim Quarterman the most improved player.
SEC as selected by Scout.com
First-Team
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
K.T. Harrell, Auburn
Aaron Harrison, Kentucky
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
Jarell Martin, LSU
Jordan Mickey, LSU
Stefan Moody, Ole Miss
Danuel House, Texas A&M
Second Team
Michael Qualls, Arkansas
Marcus Thornton, Georgia
Devin Booker, Kentucky
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Keith Hornsby, LSU
Josh Richardson, Tennessee
Jalen Jones, Texas A&M
Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
Freshman Team
Devin Robinson, Florida
Devin Booker, Kentucky
Trey Lyles, Kentucky
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Jalyn Patterson, LSU
Wade Baldwin IV, Vanderbilt
Riley LaChance, Vanderbilt
POY: Bobby Portis, Arkansas
COY: John Calipari, Kentucky
FOY: Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
DEFENSIVE POY: Jordan Mickey, LSU
MOST IMPROVED: Tim Quarterman, LSU
Writer Jon Teitel of Collegehoospdaily.com named his All-SEC team and gave the Tigers player of love as his five-player team not only had Jordan Mickey at forward, it also has Mickey as his choice for league Player of the Year.
Teitel still put sophomore Tim Quarterman as his Sixth Man in the league since he only started 38 percent of LSU’s games this season.
SEC as selected by Collegehoopsdaily.com
G: Josh Richardson (Tennessee)
G: Levi Randolph (Alabama)
F: Bobby Portis (Arkansas)
F: Jordan Mickey (LSU)
C: Damian Jones (Vanderbilt)
POY: Jordan Mickey (LSU)
ROY: Riley LaChance (Vanderbilt)
6TH: Tim Quarterman (LSU)
COY: John Calipari (Kentucky)