Missouri has the Southeastern Conference’s preseason men’s basketball player of the year. So does Texas A&M. And So does Georgia.
The conference announced at its SEC Tipoff event Wednesday that freshman Michael Porter Jr., Mizzou’s heralded recruit and the potential No. 1 pick in the next NBA Draft, finished in a three-way tie for the award with Yante Maten of Georgia and Robert Williams of Texas A&M.
Porter Jr., a 6-foot-10 forward, is Missouri’s sole representative on the preseason All-SEC team. Porter Jr., Maten, Williams, Kentucky’s Hamidou Diallo and KeVaughn Allen make up the first-team roster. The team was voted on by media who cover the SEC.