Darius Garland named as Second-Team Preseason All-SEC selection

Vanderbilt freshman point guard Darius Garland was named as a second-team All-SEC preseason selection by the league’s 14 coaches in an announcement made by the SEC Office on Tuesday.

Garland, a McDonald’s All-American and the top point guard in the class of 2018, is the only freshman representative on this year’s preseason teams, which features 18 players on the first and second teams.

Garland and his Commodore teammates begin their season on Tuesday evening at 8:30 p.m. against Winthrop.

First Team All-SEC
Daniel Gafford – Arkansas
Reid Travis – Kentucky
PJ Washington – Kentucky
Tremont Waters – LSU
Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi State
Chris Silva – South Carolina
Admiral Schofield – Tennessee
Grant Williams – Tennessee

Second Team All-SEC
Donta Hall – Alabama
Herbert Jones – Alabama
Bryce Brown – Auburn
Jared Harper – Auburn
KeVaughn Allen – Florida
Jalen Hudson – Florida
Terence Davis – Ole Miss
Aric Holman – Mississippi State
TJ Starks – Texas A&M
Darius Garland – Vanderbilt