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SEC Basketball: Best Players from each team of the 21st Century (2000-2018)

By Logan Butts

LEXINGTON, KY - FEBRUARY 06: John Calipari the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats gives instructions to his team against the Tennessee Volunteers during the game at Rupp Arena on February 6, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LEXINGTON, KY - FEBRUARY 06: John Calipari the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats gives instructions to his team against the Tennessee Volunteers during the game at Rupp Arena on February 6, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – APRIL 02: Anthony Davis #23 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates before he cuts down the net after the Wildcats defeat the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 in the National Championship Game of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on April 2, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – APRIL 02: Anthony Davis #23 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates before he cuts down the net after the Wildcats defeat the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 in the National Championship Game of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on April 2, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) /

Georgia Bulldogs

Starting Five: Jarvis Hayes, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Yante Maten, Trey Thompkins, D.A. Lavine

Bench: Anthony Evans, Ezra Williams, Rashad Wright, Sundiata Gaines, Travis Leslie, Charles Mann, Marcus Thorton, J.J. Frazier 

MVP: KCP and Maten were both SEC Players of the Year, but Hayes was a two-time All-American and so quintessentially college basketball. 

Kentucky Wildcats

Starting Five: Tayshaun Prince, Jodie Meeks, Anthony Davis, Tyler Ulis, John Wall

Bench: Malik Monk, Keith Bogans, DeMarcus Cousins, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Julies Randle, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jamal Murray, De’Aaron Fox

Practice Squad: Nerlens Noel, Jamaal Magloire, Gerald Fitch, Patrick Sparks, Rajon Rondo, Randolph Morris, Ramel Bradley, Patrick Patterson, Willie Cauley-Stein, Kevin Knox, Bam Adebayo, James Young, Devin Booker

MVP: Prince had the better career, but Davis was one of the most dominant forces in the history of college basketball in his lone season in Lexington. 

Lol. I don’t even know where to begin. There are two SEC Players of the Year on the bench. Anyone but Florida from this conference is getting destroyed by this group.

LSU Tigers

Starting Five: Stromile Swift, Brandon Bass, Glen Davis, Marcus Thornton, Ben Simmons

Bench: Tyrus Thomas, Tasmin Mitchell, Johnny O’Bryant III, Jordan Mickey, Jarrell Martin, Jaime Lloreda, Ronald Dupree, Garrett Temple

MVP: It has to be Big Baby. He had arguably the best career of the group and is an unforgettable figure in this era of college basketball. 

LSU is more talented and deeper than I expected. They are in the running to be the third-best team in the conference behind the two juggernauts.

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