2008–09 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2008–09 SEC Men's Basketball Season #193980 white NCAA Division I Basketball Southeastern Conference logo.svg 125px 12 CBS, ESPN, FSN, Raycom Regular Season LSU Champion Runners-Up Marcus Thornton, LSU SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2010 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida Mississippi State Tennessee Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Most Valuable Player Basketball 2007–08 2009–10 Rankings 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP Pollhttp://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings 2009-02-03 2009-02-02 ESPN Internet Ventures ESPN.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090207184416/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings 7 February 2009 dead Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Final^ Alabama RV RV Arkansas RV RV RV Auburn RV RV Florida 19 18 17 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV Georgia Kentucky RV RV 24 RV RV RV LSU RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 18 12 20 21 17 Mississippi State RV RV Ole Miss South Carolina RV RV RV RV RV Tennessee 14 14 12 10 8 16 16 14 15 24 RV RV Vanderbilt RV RV ^Final Poll = ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll Awards Award Recipient Class Team SEC Player of the Year (Media) Marcus Thornton Sr. LSU SEC Player of the Year (Coaches) Marcus Thorntonhttp://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=12440 2009 SEC Men's Basketball Awards 2009-03-15 2009-03-15 SEC Sports Media secsports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091118001456/http://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=12440 2009-11-18 dead Sr. LSU SEC Coach of the Year (Media) Trent Johnson 1st year LSU SEC Coach of the Year (Coaches) Trent Johnson 1st year LSU SEC Freshman of the Year (Media) SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches) Terrico White Fr. Ole Miss SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Media) Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches) Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC Sixth Man (Coaches) Brandis Raley-Ross Sr. South Carolina SEC Awards All-Conference Teams All-SEC First Team Position Player Class Team G Nick Calathes So. Florida G Jodie Meeks Jr. Kentucky G Devan Downey Jr. South Carolina G Marcus Thornton Sr. LSU F Tyler Smith Jr. Tennessee F Tasmin Mitchell Jr. LSU F Patrick Patterson So. Kentucky F Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC First Team References