Razorback men picked to finish 3rd, women 6th in SEC
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas men’s basketball program was predicted to finish third in the Southeastern Conference while Trevon Brazile (first team) and Davonte Davis (second team) were named preseason All-SEC by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas men’s basketball program was predicted to finish third in the Southeastern Conference while Trevon Brazile (first team) and Davonte Davis (second team) were named preseason All-SEC by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
Team points were compiled on a 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-65-4-3-2-1 basis. Each media member also voted for a fiveplayer All-SEC Team. Ties were not broken.
Brazile was voted to the first team despite playing just nine games last season before suffering a season-ending knee injury. He averaged 11.8 points and six rebounds and was the team’s leading 3-point shooter at 37.9 percent (11-of-29). In his eight-plus games played, Brazile led the team in rebounding five times and blocked shots four times. He recorded his first two career double-doubles with 21 points and 12 rebounds vs North Dakota State and 13 points and 10 boards vs South Dakota State. At the Maui Invitational, Brazile led Arkansas to an overtime win over San Diego State by scoring 20 points and grabbing nine rebounds. He scored 18 of his 20 after halftime, including 16 in the second half (4-of-7 shooting • 3-of-4 3-point shooting • 5-of-6 from the freethrow line) and tied his career high with two steals, one coming with Arkansas down two with seven seconds left to set-up the game-tying basket. In his final full game played, Brazile scored 23 points in a win over San Jose State, making 8-of-9 shots from the field.
Davis picks up his second career preseason second team All-SEC honor. The Jacksonville native was also tabbed second team All-SEC prior to the 202122 season. Davis is the only Razorback to play in Arkansas’ back-to-back-to-back Sweet 16 runs. He is coming off an impressive junior year that saw him earn SEC All-Defensive Team honors and saw him score 25 points to help the Razorbacks defeat No. 1 seed Kansas in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Davis finished the year averaging 10.9 points and 4.4 rebounds while leading the team in 3-point shooting (34.6 percent with 47 makes) and ranking second on the team in assists (87) and steals (48). Davis is just 59 points from 1,000 for his career. In fact, he is just the ninth Razorback to reach 900-plus points, 400-plus rebounds, 200-plus assists and 100-plus steals in a Razorback uniform.
The Arkansas men will entertain the University of Texas at Tyler in an exhibition game tonight at Bud Walton Arena. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m.
The Arkansas women’s basketball team was projected by the media to finish within the top half of the SEC, as announced by the league Monday. Picked to finish sixth, this year marks the fifth straight time, all in the Mike Neighbors era, the Hogs were chosen to finish in the top half of the SEC by the media, and ninth time overall in the program’s 33-year history in the league.
A panel of media members from the SEC and national media selected the preseason poll and preseason all-conference teams. The panel chose the reigning NCAA Champion Louisiana State University to win the conference and Angel Reese to collect SEC Player of the Year honors. The SEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll and Preseason Team will be unveiled next week.
The Hogs are coming off their fifth straight postseason qualification and fourth year being ranked inside the top 50 in the RPI/NET, one of two SEC schools to do so. With a 24-13 season, the Hogs ended in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament Great 8, returning eight players from last season’s team, including three starters, as well as bringing in a No. 17 recruiting class in the country as ranked by ESPN.
