Kentucky Wildcats superstar Oscar Tshiebwe has been named to the 2023 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List.
Named after the Naismith Hall of Famer and all-time NBA scoring leader, the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award is in its ninth year and annually honors the best center in college basketball. Tshiebwe is one of 20 candidates on the list, including three from the SEC, the others being Alabama’s Charles Bediako and Florida’s Colin Castleton.
The defending National Player of the Year, Tshiebwe averaged a team-high 17.4 points and a nation-leading 15.1 rebounds per contest last season. He set a Kentucky single-season record with 28 double-doubles while becoming the first major conference player to average 15 points and 15 rebounds since UCLA’s Bill Walton in 1972-73.