Kentucky men’s basketball won’t be the hands-on favorite to win the Southeastern Conference this year.Florida was predicted to win the 2011 SEC title this year by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Each SEC school selected media members that cover their team and additional writers from across the nation were selected by the conference office to form the voting panel.Kentucky, after claiming its 44th SEC regular-season title and 26th SEC Tournament championship last year, was picked to finish second in the SEC East and received two votes as SEC champion.Georgia’s junior Trey Thompkins was the top choice for the SEC Player of the Year with 18 votes. Kentucky freshman Brandon Knight received one vote and joined four other players (Thompkins, Ole Miss’ Chris Warren, Georgia’s Travis Leslie and Vanderbilt’s Jeffery Taylor)  on the preseason All-SEC first team.