Gamecocks star nets honor from SEC basketball coaches

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.

The 2017-18 season officially tip off this evening with 13 SEC teams in action. Conference play is set to begin on December 30 and the 2018 SEC Tournament will be March 7-11 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

2018 SEC Men's Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team

First Team All-SEC

KeVaughn Allen - Florida

Yante Maten - Georgia

Kevin Knox - Kentucky

Deandre Burnett - Ole Miss

Quinndary Weatherspoon - Mississippi St.

Michael Porter, Jr. - Missouri

Tyler Davis - Texas A&M

Robert Williams - Texas A&M

Matthew Fisher-Davis - Vanderbilt

Second Team All-SEC

Braxton Key - Alabama

Collin Sexton - Alabama

Jaylen Barford - Arkansas

Daryl Macon - Arkansas

Mustapha Heron - Auburn

Chris Chiozza - Florida

Terence Davis - Ole Miss

Hamidou Diallo - Kentucky

Chris Silva - South Carolina

Grant Williams - Tennessee

This story was originally published November 10, 2017 at 11:11 AM with the headline "Gamecocks star nets honor from SEC basketball coaches."