The SEC unveiled its men's basketball coaches preseason All-SEC team, and a Gamecock made the cut.
South Carolina forward Chris Silva made the second team. USC had Sindarius Thornwell on last year’s All-SEC team (he also won preseason player of the year).
Silva averaged 10.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 21 minutes a game as part of South Carolina’s first ever Final Four team.
Thirteen different schools are represented on the two teams with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Texas A&M having two selections each. In all, 40 different players received votes for the coaches' teams.