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In the first spring of the Name, Image and Likeness era, Kentucky center Oscar Tshiebwe, the consensus national player of the year, on Wednesday announced he will return to Lexington for another season. Tshiebwe is the first Wooden Award winner since North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 to decide to return to school the following season.
Tshiebwe’s announcement follows another recent decision by a high-profile big man, North Carolina’s Armando Bacot, to return to school next season.