This 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 …
With just three weeks remaining in the regular season and a significant body of work in the rearview, now seems a good time to consider the clever tagline Kentucky’s PR team created around its superstar and his national player of the year candidacy: Is Oscar worthy? Of note: Tshiebwe averaged 16.7 points, 16.0 rebounds, 2.3 steals, and 2.0 blocks against …
