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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference unveiled its fifth annual men's basketball coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams Monday, tipping off another great season of SEC men's basketball.

Thirty-two different players received votes for the teams and LSU and Tennessee led all schools with three selections each. Kentucky's Patrick Patterson and Vanderbilt's A.J. Ogilvy were the only unanimous first team selections.

The coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC Head Men's Basketball Coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.

A list of the 2009 SEC Men's Basketball Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows.

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Nick Calathes, Florida	G/F	6-6	194	So.	Casselberry, Fla.
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky#	--	6-9	235	So.	Huntington, W.Va.
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU	F	6-7	240	Jr.	Denham Springs, La.
Marcus Thornton, LSU	G	6-4	205	Sr.	Baton Rouge, La.
Chris Warren, Ole Miss	G	5-10	160	So.	Orlando, Fla.
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State	F/C	6-9	210	Jr.	Brownsville, Tenn.
Devan Downey, South Carolina	G	5-9	175	Jr.	Chester, S.C.
Tyler Smith, Tennessee	F	6-7	215	Jr.	Pulaski, Tenn.
A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt#	C	6-11	250	So.	Sydney, Australia
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Alonzo Gee, Alabama	G	6-6	219	Sr.	Palm Beach, Fla.
Ronald Steele, Alabama	G	6-1	191	Sr.	Birmingham, Ala.
Michael Washington, Arkansas	F/C	6-9	239	Jr.	McGehee, Ark.
Korvotney Barber, Auburn	F	6-7	225	Sr.	Manchester, Ga.
Terrance Woodbury, Georgia	G/F	6-7	221	Sr.	Virginia Beach, Va.
Chris Johnson, LSU	C	6-11	210	Sr.	Montross, Va.
Jodie Meeks, Kentucky	--	6-4	208	Jr.	Norcross, Ga.
Dominque Archie, South Carolina	F	6-7	200	Jr.	Augusta, Ga.
Wayne Chism, Tennessee	F	6-9	242	Jr.	Jackson, Tenn.
J.P. Prince, Tennessee	G	6-7	205	Jr.	Memphis, Tenn.

#-Unanimous Selection
Ties are not broken