During Tshiebwe’s two seasons at Kentucky, he was consistently the best player on the team (and one of the best overall players in the nation, if not the best), and he earned a lot accolades and hardware to show for it:
2x All-American (1st team 2021-22, 2nd team 2022-23)
2x NCAA season rebound leader
2x First team All-SEC
SEC All-Defensive Team
2022 SEC Player of the Year
2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner (given to best men’s collegiate center)
2022 National College Player of the YearJust prior to his freshman year of high school, Oscar Tshiebwe made the move to the United States from his home country of the Congo, in pursuit of a basketball career. Yet, there was a problem, he wasn’t very good at basketball.
