On opposite ends of the spectrum. As the USC women are tabbed to win the SEC, the USC men are picked to finish last

As the USC women’s basketball team was picked in its usual spot atop the preseason SEC poll, the Gamecock men have settled in at the bottom of those predictions. After a 13-19 campaign last year, USC was once again picked to finish last in the upcoming SEC men’s basketball season. Florida was predicted to repeat as SEC champion in voting released on Monday by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.

Florida’s Thomas Haugh was the choice of the media for SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Alex Condon (Florida), Billy Richmond III (Arkansas), and Tyler Tanner (Vanderbilt) also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.

‌Haugh and Tanner were each All-SEC First Team selections along with Florida’s Rueben Chinyelu, Tennessee’s Juke Harrius and Mississippi State’s Josh Hubbard. Condon was joined on the second team by Alabama’s Amari Allen, Kentucky’s Milan Momcilovic, Arkansas’ Jordan Smith Jr, and Texas’ Matas Vokietaitis. Richmond was selected to the third team along with Texas A&M’s PJ Haggerty, Kentucky’s Malachi Moreno, Auburn’s Tahaad Pettiford, and Texas’ David Punch.

Head coach Lamont Paris, along with players Camden Heide, Kory Mincy, and Jakub Nečas, will speak with local and national media on Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala., for SEC Media Day. The Gamecocks will head to Rock Hill on Thursday to scrimmage the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Tip-off will be at 6 p.m. 

South Carolina will open the regular season at home against Stetson on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd. .

Predicted Order of Finish
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Arkansas
4. Tennessee
5. Alabama
6. Vanderbilt
7. Kentucky
8. Missouri
9. Auburn
10. Texas A&M
11. Georgia
12. Oklahoma
13. Ole Miss
14. LSU
15. Mississippi State
16. South Carolina