Birmingham, Ala. - Kentucky was predicted to win the 2017 Southeastern Conference mens basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.The Wildcats are the overall preseason favorite for the 12th time since the 1998‐99 season. Arkansas senior forward Moses Kingsley was the choice of the media for SEC Mens Basketball Player of the Year.Georgias J.J. Frazier & Yante Maten; Kentuckys Edrice Bam Adebayo, Isaiah Briscoe, DeAaron Fox & Malik Monk; and Texas A&Ms Tyler Davis also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.Kingsley, Frazier, Adebayo, Fox and Davis were each All‐SEC First Team selections. Maten, Briscoe and Monk were second team picks along with Floridas KeVaughn Allen, LSUs Antonio Blakeney, Mississippi States Quinndary Weatherspoon and Vanderbilts Luke Kornet.Points were compiled on a 14‐13‐12‐11‐10‐9‐8‐7‐6‐5‐4‐3‐2‐1 basis. Each media member also voted for a five‐player All‐SEC Team. Ties were not broken.The 2016‐17 campaign begins November 11, with conference play set to begin December 29. The 2017 SEC Tournament will be March 8‐12 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.Preseason Media PollKentuckyFloridaTexas A&MGeorgiaArkansasVanderbiltAlabamaSouth CarolinaOle MissMississippi StateAuburnLSUTennesseeMissouriFirst Team All‐SEC Moses Kingsley - Arkansas, F, 6‐10, 230, Sr., Abuja, Nigeria J.J. Frazier - Georgia, G, 5‐10, 155, Sr., Glennville, Ga. Edrice Bam Adebayo - Kentucky, F, 6‐10, 260, Fr., Little Washington, N.C. DeAaron Fox - Kentucky, G, 6‐3, 187, Fr., Houston, Texas Tyler Davis - Texas A&M, C, 6‐10, 270, So., Plano, TexasSecond Team All‐SEC KeVaughn Allen - Florida, G, 6‐2, 183, So., Little Rock, Ark. Yante Maten - Georgia, F, 6‐8, 240, Jr., Pontiac, Mich. Isaiah Briscoe - Kentucky, G, 6‐3, 210, So., Newark, N.J. Malik Monk - Kentucky, G, 6‐3, 200, Fr., Lepanto, Ark. Antonio Blakeney - LSU, G, 6‐4, 190, So., Sarasota, Fla. Quinndary Weatherspoon - Mississippi State, G, 6‐4, 202, So., Canton, Miss. Luke Kornet - Vanderbilt, F, 7‐1, 250, Sr., Lantana, TexasSEC Player of the Year:?Moses Kingsley, Arkansas Dick Green Jersey . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. Matt Olson Jersey . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. https://www.cheapathleticsonline.com/3045m-chad-pinder-jersey-athletics.html .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Denny Mclain Athletics Jersey . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. The U.S. wrestler and retired mixed martial artist says he was visiting his brothers farm in Saskatchewan and decided he wanted to hear what the premier had to say. Fake Athletics Jerseys . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap. British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has hinted at adding Joe Schmidt and Andy Farrell to his coaching staff for the tour of New Zealand after Irelands heroics in Chicago.Schmidt, Irelands head coach, and defence coach Farrrell have been cast into the Lions spotlight having masterminded Irelands victory over the All Blacks last Saturday. And?speaking at a Lions event, Gatland indicated both were on his radar.?[Farrell] is someone who achieved a huge amount as a player, for Wigan and Great Britain, Gatland said in the Daily Mail. When he speaks to the players, he brings out a lot of those experiences he had in the past, and that has an impact. It often hits the right notte and he delivers really well to the squad.ddddddddddddGatland will put his back-room staff together in the coming weeks and having been in Chicago to watch Irelands win, head coach Schmidt could be in line to be offered an assistant role.Theres an opportunity there as well. Joe has been absolutely fantastic for Clermont, Leinster and now Ireland. Achieving that result last weekend was brilliant.There was uncertainty a while ago about what he was doing, but now he has made that commitment to Ireland until the next World Cup, so there is potential there. ' ' '