From the initial tip to open the college basketball season to pregame warmups on Saturday evening, Tennessee junior forward Grant Williams has been deemed the runaway favorite to take home SEC Player of the Year honors this year.
Averaging 19.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game, Williams has been the complete package. He’s shooting career-highs in field goal percentage (58.1 percent shooting on 10.8 shots per game) and free throw percentage (83.5 percent), also knocking down threes at a 34.4 percent clip (11-32 on the year).
Williams is polished in the paint, fights for loose balls, makes the right decisions more often than not, and is leader of the No.