So McRae 1st team, Stokes 2nd team All-SEC

[Clockwork Orange]

I try not to worry about this crap but there are three post players on the All-SEC 1st team and Stokes isn't one of them. Let's do a blind test, shall we?

Four post players:

Player A: 12.4 points, 5.3 rebounds (1.4 OR, 3.9 DR), 0.8 blocks
Player B: 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds (2.7 OR, 6.8 DR), 4.4 blocks
Player C: 12.4 points, 9.4 rebounds (3.8 OR, 5.6 DR), 1.2 blocks
Player D: 13.8 points, 8.8 rebounds (3.1 OR, 5.7 DR), 0.7 blocks

If you were to take three of these players for your All-SEC 1st team, which one would you leave off?

[Salvador VOLi]

Player A seems like the person I would leave off.

[WoodstockVol]

Congrats to them,I'm happy with the way this team ended up. They never gave up

[Inspector Vol]

Player A.

[Creek Walker]

OTOH, how do you put 2 players from the 5th place team on the 1st team?

[Clockwork Orange]

FWIW, I would also say Player A is the one that does not belong. Player A is Florida's Erik Murphy, who was voted 1st team All-SEC over Jarnell Stokes (Player C). FWIW, Players B and D are Nerlens Noel (Kentucky) and Johnny O'Bryant III (LSU).

I think there's a really easy explanation for why Murphy is in there when he clearly doesn't belong based on performance. Coaches thought the best team ought to have at least one player make 1st team All-SEC. That's a stupid reason, but I guarantee that's why.

[BanditVol]

OTOH, how do you put 2 players from the 5th place team on the 1st team?

IMO this is something that probably should not factor into it, but it does.  In a similar way, it seems the sportswriters seem to try and make sure every team has at least one player.   If it was truly objective they would just vote for the players and not consider what team they are on, but I think unofficially they try to favor the best teams while also spreading it around.