LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky men's basketball ended last season as the top rebounding team in the SEC, averaging more than 40 per game.
That was in large part due to rebounding machine Oscar Tshiebwe, the reigning national player of the year who pulled down an NCAA-best 15.1 a night — one-and-a-half more than his closest competitor, Utah Valley's Fardaws Aimaq (13.6).
Tshiebwe expects the Wildcats to be similarly dominant on the boards this season; asked to name a strength of the team heading into the 2022-23 campaign, he pointed out his teammates regularly challenge him for rebounding supremacy in practice.