Holloway and Philon Jr. Named Preseason All-SEC, Alabama Picked Fourth in Preseason Media Poll

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama men's basketball duo of Aden Holloway and Labaron Philon Jr. were named All-SEC Preseason selections, the league office announced Monday. Philon Jr. was named First Team All-SEC while Holloway earned Third Team honors. In addition to Philon Jr. and Holloway's All-SEC honors, the Crimson Tide was picked to finish fourth in the league as voted on by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.

Alabama Notes

Since head coach Nate Oats arrived at Alabama in 2019-20, the Crimson Tide has won a league-best 75 conference games
Over the past five seasons, Alabama has won 129 games, which ranks No. 7 in the country and No. 1 in the SEC
Throughout the season Alabama will face 10 opponents that are ranked in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25

Labaron Philon Jr. Notes

Philon Jr. is the sixth UA player to named First Team All-SEC Preseason under Oats, joining John Petty Jr. (2021), Jaden Shackelford (2022), Jahvon Quinerly (2022), Grant Nelson (2024) and Mark Sears (2025)
Averaged 10.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game during his freshman campaign
Ranked No. 8 in the SEC in assists and No. 4 in assist/turnover ratio (2.2) last season
Was a 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team honoree, becoming the eighth UA freshman to receive the honor under Coach Oats

Aden Holloway Notes

Played in all 37 games coming off the bench, averaging 11.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists
Scored 10 or more points in 24 games coming off the bench, which led the SEC
Led UA in three-pointers made in 11 contests
Scored 422 points throughout the season, which ranks No. 101 on UA's all-time single-season scoring list

First Team All-SEC

Alex Condon – Florida

Josh Hubbard – Mississippi State

Otega Oweh – Kentucky

Tahaad Pettiford – Auburn

Labaron Philon Jr. – Alabama

Second Team All-SEC

Nate Ament – Tennessee

Boogie Fland – Florida

Ja'Kobi Gillespie – Tennessee

Thomas Haugh – Florida

Mark Mitchell – Missouri

Third Team All-SEC

Malik Dia – Ole Miss

Aden Holloway – Alabama

Karter Knox – Arkansas

Jaland Lowe – Kentucky

D.J. Wagner – Arkansas

SEC Player of the Year

Otega Oweh – Kentucky

Predicted Order of Finish

1. Florida

2. Kentucky

3. Tennessee

4. Alabama

5. Arkansas

6. Auburn

7. Missouri

8. Ole Miss

9. Texas

10. Mississippi State

11. Vanderbilt

12. Oklahoma

13. Texas A&M

14. Georgia

15. LSU

16. South Carolina

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