SEC Basketball: One breakout candidate for each team during 2023-24 season

By Matt Melton | Oct 20, 2023

FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS - JANUARY 11: Rylan Griffen #3 of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks to the bench during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on January 11, 2023 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Crimson Tide defeated the Razorbacks 84-69. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

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Texas A&M Aggies guard Manny Obaseki (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) /

Texas A&M Aggies – G Manny Obaseki

A former highly-rated four-star prospect out of high school, could the 2023-24 season mark a potential breakout campaign for the junior? Having averaged a combined 4.1 PPG across the last two seasons, Obaseki appeared in 20 games off the Aggies bench a year ago to average 5.2 PPG, 1.4 RPG, and 1 APG, and is likely to be a key piece for a 2023-24 Texas A&M team that is among the best in SEC basketball entering the year.

Vanderbilt Commodores – F Lee Dort

Concluding with Vanderbilt, the Commodores pick for a potential breakout candidate in 2023-24 goes to Dort, who is entering his sophomore season in Nashville. As the Commodores prepare to replace the lost production of Liam Robbins, Dort could play a key role in that after averaging 1.7 PPG and 2.1 RPG in 17 games off Vanderbilt’s bench last season.

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