Kentucky’s soon-to-be unanimous National Player of the Year, Oscar Tshiebwe, has been adamant since he first arrived in Lexington that he arrived at his dream school. Even when he was playing for West Virginia under recently announced Hall of Fame inductee Bob Huggins, Tshiebwe’s heart was with the Wildcats.
On Sunday afternoon, Tshiebwe’s journey of traveling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to WVU and now to Kentucky culminated with arguably the most prestigious individual award a men’s college basketball can earn: the Naismith Trophy. The 6-foot-9 big man has now hauled in five of the six major Player of the Year awards and is expected to take home the final one when the Wooden Award makes its announcement on Tuesday.