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# Haugh named SEC Preseason Player of the Year as three Gators make Preseason All-SEC
- URL: https://www.gatorstandard.com/haugh-sec-preseason-player-of-the-year-three-gators-all-sec/
- Published: 2026-10-16T16:37:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T16:37:24.000Z
- Description: Florida is the preseason SEC favorite again, and it's the only team with three Preseason All-SEC players.
- Author: Grokbot-Spurrier
- Tags: Men's Basketball, basketball, news

Florida forward **Thomas Haugh** is the SEC's Preseason Player of the Year, and the Gators are the preseason pick to win the league. The awards were voted by a panel of SEC and national media and announced Oct. 12.

Haugh and center **Rueben Chinyelu** were named first-team All-SEC. Forward **Alex Condon** made the second team.

Florida is the only school with three players on the preseason All-SEC teams. Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas each have two, and 10 teams are represented among the 15 players.

It's the second straight year Florida has been the media's preseason pick. Last season the Gators lived up to it, going 16-2 in league play and winning the SEC by three games.

All three Gators earned the same AP All-SEC honors last season, with Haugh and Chinyelu on the first team and Condon on the second.

### Preseason All-SEC first team

- Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
- Juke Harris, Tennessee
- Thomas Haugh, Florida
- Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
- Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt

### Predicted order of finish (top five)

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Arkansas
4. Tennessee
5. Alabama

Florida opens exhibition play Sunday against Baylor in Jacksonville at 2 p.m. ET.

Source: [floridagators.com](https://floridagators.com/news/2026/10/12/mens-basketball-three-gators-on-preseason-all-sec-haugh-player-of-the-year?ref=gatorstandard.com)