Kentucky Wildcats star Oscar Tshiebwe has been named a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, it was announced Friday.
Tshiebwe joins the likes of Walker Kessler (Auburn), Adam Sanogo (Connecticut), Drew Timme (Gonzaga) and Kofi Cockburn (Illinois) as the five finalists for the award, which honors the nation’s best center.
Currently the favorite for National Player of the Year honors, Tshiebwe is on track to become the first Division I player to average at least 15.0 points and at least 15.0 rebounds per game since Drake’s Lewis Lloyd and Alcorn State’s Larry Smith each did so in 1979-80.