College basketball experts predict: Who will be the national player of the year?
New York TimesThis year’s national player of the year race is shaping up as one that’s much different from what we’ve seen in many years, if not decades. On one hand, last season’s consensus player of the year, Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, is back in school. Player Team Votes Drew Timme Gonzaga 8 Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky 7 Armando Bacot North Carolina 1 Jaime Jaquez Jr UCLA 1 Let’s hear some of our experts’ rationales: Drew Timme By anyone else’s standards, Timme had a remarkable season, averaging 18 points and six boards for Gonzaga. — Sam Vecenie Yes, unanimous player of the year Oscar Tshiebwe is back, but it would be really hard to replicate last season’s historic stats, especially with what looks like a better supporting cast this season. — Seth Davis Someone else might win the award, but it’s hard to imagine someone else having an objectively better or more productive 2022-23 season.— Eamonn Brennan Narratives matter, and the returning national player of the year coming back because he could not stand the idea of his last game being a loss to Saint Peter’s is a compelling one.
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