Release from the SEC:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —  The Southeastern Conference unveiled its seventh annual women’s basketball preseason All-SEC first and second teams, Thursday, to tip off the 2010-11 season of SEC women’s basketball.  In addition, the coaches voted on a predicted order of finish, overall champion and a preseason Player of the Year. Tennessee was predicted to win the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball regular season championship with 121 votes.  The Lady Vols returns an intact squad after going 32-3, 15-1 in conference play, and winning both the SEC regular season and tournament championships last year.   Kentucky, LSU, Georgia, Vanderbilt and Auburn round out the top half of the league with South Carolina, Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida, Arkansas and Mississippi State rounding out the lower half. Kentucky senior forward Victoria Dunlap was named SEC Women’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year.  Joining Dunlap, on the All-SEC First Team were teammate A’dia Mathies, Auburn’s Alli Smalley, Georgia’s Porsha Phillips, LSU’s LaSondra Barrett, Tennessee’s Angie Bjorklund and Shekinna Stricklen and Vanderbilt’s Jence Rhoads. Second team consists of Alabama’s Tierney Jenkins, Arkansas’ C’eira Ricketts, Georgia’s Jasmine James, LSU’s Katherine Graham, South Carolina’s Marah Strickland, Tennessee’s Kelley Cain and Glory Johnson and Vanderbilt’s Hannah Tuomi. Points were compiled on an 11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for order of prediction, while each player received two points for a first-team vote and one point for a second-team vote.  Ties were not broken and coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team or players. The complete listing of all honors follows. SCHOOL                                 POINTS   1. Tennessee                           1212. Kentucky                             1083. LSU                                     93T4. Georgia                               88T4. Vanderbilt                            886. Auburn                                  597. South Carolina                       488. Alabama                               439. Ole Miss                               4210. Florida                                3911. Arkansas                            3512. Mississippi State                 28 ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM            Alli Smalley, AuburnPorsha Phillips, GeorgiaVictoria Dunlap, KentuckyA’dia Mathies, KentuckyLaSondra Barrett, LSUAngie Bjorklund, TennesseeShekinna Stricklen, TennesseeJence Rhoads, Vanderbilt ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM     Tierney Jenkins, AlabamaC’eira Ricketts, ArkansasJasmine James, GeorgiaKatherine Graham, LSUMarah Strickland, South CarolinaKelley Cain, TennesseeGlory Johnson, TennesseeHannah Tuomi, Vanderbilt PLAYER OF THE YEAR                         Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky (8)                 Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee (2)         Marah Strickland, South Carolina (1)     Jence Rhoads, Vanderbilt (1)                  

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