Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, national player of the year, returning for 2022-23 season
2 years, 8 months ago

Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, national player of the year, returning for 2022-23 season

New York Times  

Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe is returning to the program for his senior season, he announced Wednesday. After traveling the country to collect all his POY trophies — Naismith Trophy at the Final Four in New Orleans, Wooden Award in Los Angeles, Oscar Robertson Trophy in St. Louis — Tshiebwe did a church tour in Kentucky, speaking to numerous Christian groups, and was named a Kentucky Colonel at the Governor’s prayer breakfast. The Wildcats went 26-8 last season, losing to Tennessee in the SEC tournament semifinals and to Saint Peter’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tshiebwe loves being at Kentucky and, while he has an NBA dream, a second-round projection just wasn’t enough to pry him away from life as a rock star in Lexington, especially with the expected NIL payday that should finally help him get his mother to the United States and support the rest of his family living in substandard conditions in the Congo. Tshiebwe said on SportsCenter that UK’s shocking first-round NCAA Tournament loss to 15-seed Saint Peter’s is “the best motivation” because “I’m never going to want to go through this same thing, so I’m going to make sure my teammates are ready, everybody ready, so we can finish.” What other decisions is Kentucky waiting on?

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2 years, 1 month ago

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Associated Press  

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New York Times  

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New York Times  

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Associated Press  

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New York Times  

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2 years, 10 months ago

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New York Times  

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