Future Kentucky Wildcats DeMarcus Cousins and Jon Hood have been named to the All-Southern basketball team. The 12-man All-Southern team is put together by the Orlando Sentinel. The newspaper also adds a top-five from each of the southern states.

 

Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team

 

 

F DeMarcus Cousins 6-11 Sr. Mobile (Al.) LeFlore - Kentucky

F Fred Gulley 6-2 Sr. Fayetteville (Ark.) High - Oklahoma State

G Brandon Knight 6-4 Jr. Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest - underclass

F Derrick Favors 6-9 Sr. South Atlanta High - Georgia Tech

G Jon Hood 6-7 Sr. Madisonville (Ky.) North Hopkins - Kentucky

F Eddie Ludwig 6-8 Sr. Metairie (La.) Country Day - LSU

G Andre Stringer 5-8 Jr. Jackson (Miss.) Forest Hill - underclass

F Reggie Bullock 6-8 Jr. Kinston (N.C.) High - 2010 UNC commit

G DeAndre Hopkins 6-2 Jr. Central (S.C.) Daniel - 2010 Clemson commit

F John Jenkins 6-4 Sr. Gallatin (Tenn.) Station Camp - Vanderbilt

G Joseph Young 6-2 Jr. Houston Yates - underclass

F Jaquon Parker 6-4 Sr. Suffolk (Va.) King's Fork - undecided/prep school

 

Kentucky Additional Picks:

 

G Jonathan Ferguson, 6-2, Sr., Sandy Hook Elliott Co. (undecided)

G Vee Sanford, 6-3, Sr., Lexington Catholic (undecided)

F Richie Phares, 6-8, Sr., Georgetown Scott Co. (Louisville)

F Elijah Pittman, 6-7, Sr., Covington Holmes (undecided)

 

Other Notable Picks:

 

Mississippi: G Isaiah Canaan , 6-4, Sr., Biloxi (Murray State)

Georgia: G Eric Bledsoe, 6-1, Sr., Birmingham Parker (undecided)

Georgia: F Jordan Swing, 6-6, Sr., Birmingham Vestavia Hills (Western Kentucky)

 

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Pittman is a junior so they got that wrong but other than that I don't see any miscues...

Pittman is a junior so they got that wrong but other than that I don't see any miscues...

 

Nevermind, I see what you're saying now...

Last time I checked, Birmingham was in Alabama, not Georgia..

Congrats to Ferguson and all of the KY kids. Ferg gets some more attention away from KY.

Congrats to Ferguson and all of the KY kids. Ferg gets some more attention away from KY.

 

You mean away from the 16th region?

You mean away from the 16th region?

What in the wide, wide world of sports does that mean?