Oscar Tshiebwe Top 10 Candidate for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award

Oscar Tshiebwe Top 10 Candidate for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award

The award watchlists are rolling in, and despite chugging through a bit of a slump, Kentucky center Oscar Tshiebwe is still seeing his name up for a few awards. 

On Friday, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced the top 10 candidates for the 2023 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, including Tshiebwe, who won the award a year ago:

• Oumar Ballo - Arizona
• Ryan Kalkbrenner - Creighton
• Oscar Tshiebwe - Kentucky 
• Hunter Dickinson - Michigan
• Armando Bacot - North Carolina 
• Zach Edey - Purdue 
• Clifford Omoruyi - Rutgers
• Joel Soriano - St. John's 
• Adama Sanogo - UConn
• Jack Nunge - Xavier

The award recognizes the top center in college basketball. The list will be shrunk to five finalists in March. Tshiebwe — who's averaging 15.5 points and 13.3 rebounds-per-game — was named to the Naismith Award Midseason Team earlier this week. 

Tshiebwe and the Cats will look to get back on track this Saturday in Athens as they look for a season sweep over the Georgia Bulldogs. Tipoff is set for noon EST and will air on ESPN. 

UK may once again have injury issues on its hands down the stretch. More HERE.

More on the loss to Arkansas HERE.

More on Daimion Collins HERE.

Game notes from the defeat can be found HERE.

Everything John Calipari said after the loss HERE.

Want the latest on national football and basketball recruiting, including Cats targets? Head over to SI All-American for the latest news, blogs, and updates about the nation's best prospects.

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