Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe currently leads the 2022 National Player of the Year race and he has the numbers to prove it.
According to the KenPom player ratings (kPOY), Tshiebwe is the No. 1 player in college basketball heading into Saturday’s slate of games. Tshiebwe moved ahead of Ohio State star E.J. Liddell in the midweek update following Tshiebwe’s 30-point, 15-rebound performance at Vanderbilt. Liddell averages 20 and 8 for the Buckeyes (10-4).
Behind Tshiebwe and Liddell, Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn, Fresno State’s Orlando Robinson, and Trayce Jackson-Davis at Indiana round out the top five, in that order.