John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats hit the transfer market this season to rebuild their roster for the 2021-22 season. One of the biggest names Calipari landed was West Virginia transfer Oscar Tshiebwe who is now considered one of the best players in college basketball.
Now that we are less than a week away from the start of the regular season, ESPN released their yearly list of the top 25 players in college basketball. Tshiebwe was the only Wildcat to make the list coming in at No. 16.
“Against the backdrop of a long-term decline in offensive rebound rates across Division I, the number of head coaches who still green-light second chances is always dwindling,” John Gasaway writes.