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Today, CBS Sports released its preseason All-America teams for the sport of men’s collegiate basketball, and Kentucky’s own Oscar Tshiewbe earned recognition. Tshiebwe was named to CBS’s Preseason All-America First Team alongside Drew Timme (Gonzaga), Armando Bacot (North Carolina), Marcus Sasser (Houston), and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA).
Matt Norlander wrote, “The reigning National Player of the Year is the central force in Kentucky’s chase for its first national title in more than a decade. Tshiebwe was the first Kentucky player in program history to sweep every major NPOY award, doing so by becoming the first player in more than four decades to average more than 15.