Arkansas picked 11th in SEC; Joe named second team All-SEC

Isaiah Joe, Arkansas guard, in the first half vs Vanderbilt Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

Arkansas, entering Year 1 under coach Eric Musselman, was picked to finish 11th in the Southeastern Conference this season in a media poll released Tuesday at SEC Media Days in Birmingham, Ala.

The Razorbacks have exceeded their preseason projections in each of the last six seasons.

Sophomore shooting guard Isaiah Joe, Arkansas' leading returning scorer (13.9), was also a preseason second team All-SEC selection. In his first season with the Razorbacks, Joe set a single-season program record with 113 3-pointers made and led the conference in 3-point percentage.

First Team All-SEC

Kerry Blackshear – Florida

Anthony Edwards – Georgia

Ashton Hagans – Kentucky

Breein Tyree – Ole Miss

Reggie Perry – Mississippi State

Second Team All-SEC

Kira Lewis Jr. – Alabama

Isaiah Joe – Arkansas

Andrew Nembhard – Florida

Tyrese Maxey – Kentucky

EJ Montgomery – Kentucky

Skylar Mays – LSU

Lamonté Turner – Tennessee

SEC Player of the Year

Kerry Blackshear – Florida

Preseason SEC Media Poll

1 Kentucky

2 Florida

3 LSU

4 Auburn

5 Tennessee

6 Alabama

7 Mississippi State

8 Ole Miss

9 Georgia

10 South Carolina

11 Arkansas

12 Texas A&M

13 Missouri

14 Vanderbilt