Texas basketball: Tramon Mark the only Longhorn named to preseason All-SEC team
Texas basketball graduate transfer Tramon Mark earned a spot on the All-SEC preseason squad, the conference announced Monday. Mark, a 6-foot-5 wing, was named to the third team by league media members and was the only Texas player to pick up a preseason all-conference nod.
Mark, who spent three seasons at Houston before playing last year at Arkansas, has played in 107 career games with 69 starts and has recorded career totals of 1,200 points (11.2 points per game) and 424 rebounds (4.0) in 2,881 minutes (26.9) in his career. Last season he appeared in 31 games with 28 starts and led the Razorbacks in scoring (16.2), steals (36) and minutes (32.5) and ranked in a tie for second in assists (57) and third in rebounding (4.3). He shot 48% from the floor, including a 36.4% mark from 3-point range, and 80.4% from the free throw line last season.
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The Longhorns, who are No. 19 in the preseason AP poll, went 21-13 a year ago and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Graduation and the transfer portal gutted the squad, which only includes four returning scholarship players. Head coach Rodney Terry rebuilt the roster with a freshman recruiting class headlined by McDonald’s All-American Tre Johnson as well as a portal haul that features six new arrivals, including Mark.
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The All-SEC preseason team
Player of the year: Mark Sears, Alabama
First team
Mark Sears (Alabama), Johni Broome (Auburn), Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida), Zakai Zeigler (Tennessee), Wade Taylor IV (Texas A&M)
Second team
Grant Nelson (Alabama), Jonas Aidoo (Arkansas), Johnell Davis (Arkansas), Matthew Murrell (Ole Miss), Josh Hubbard (Mississippi State)
Third team
Chad Baker-Mazara (Auburn), Alex Condon (Florida), Jaxson Robinson (Kentucky), Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina), Tramon Mark (Texas)
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Tramon Mark lone Texas basketball player named to preseason SEC team
