Kentucky’s leading scorer earned All-SEC honors to wrap up the regular season, but he’s inexplicably the only Wildcat included in the award cycle.
Otega Oweh, who emerged as a star in blue and white during his debut season, has been named to the All-SEC Second Team — a well-deserved honor for the guard who averaged 16.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 steals in 28.1 minutes per contest in 2024-25.
Elsewhere, though, Amari Williams — who played like the second-best big in the SEC behind Auburn’s Johni Broome — was left off the All-SEC lists and SEC All-Defensive Team. He finished his one-and-done season in Lexington averaging 11.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 blocks in 22.5 minutes per game.
Lamont Butler, who averaged career highs in points (11.9), assists (4.4), rebounds (2.9) and steals (1.7), did not receive any season honors, either. He came to Kentucky as the reigning two-time Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year.
Take a look at the complete list of 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards:
Coach of the Year: Bruce Pearl, Auburn
Player of the Year: Johni Broome, Auburn
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, South Carolina
Newcomer of the Year: Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Tre Johnson, Texas
Sixth-Man of the Year: Caleb Grill, Missouri
Defensive Player of the Year: Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
All-SEC First Team
Johni Broome, Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Mark Sears, Alabama
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
All-SEC Second Team
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
Tre Johnson, Texas
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
All-SEC Third Team
Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn
Alex Condon, Florida
Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt
Mark Mitchell, Missouri
Sean Pedulla, Ole Miss
SEC All-Defensive Team
Denver Jones, Auburn
Jahmai Mashack, Tennessee
Cameron Matthews, Mississippi State
Anthony Robinson II, Missouri
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
SEC All-Freshman Team
Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
Tre Johnson, Texas
Asa Newell, Georgia
Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn
Labaron Philon, Alabama
