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SEC basketball coaches name Kentucky star Oscar Tshiebwe league's Player of the Year

LEXINGTON - The awards have started rolling in for Kentucky basketball star Oscar Tshiebwe.

The Southeastern Conference coaches have voted Tshiebwe the Player of the Year in the league, the SEC office announced Tuesday. Tshiebwe was UK's only representative on the nine-man first-team All-SEC squad. Freshman guard TyTy Washington and junior point guard Sahvir Wheeler were voted second-team All-SEC.

On Monday, Tshiebwe was named SEC Player of the Year in a vote of the USA TODAY Network SEC beat reporters and a first-team All-American by The Sporting News.