Another accolade for Oscar Tshiebwe, and this is a big one. Oscar was named SEC Player of the Year by the league’s coaches. He is also an All-SEC First Team selection and member of the All-Defensive Team. Oscar is the 10th player in Kentucky history to win the coaches’ SEC Player of the Year award and the fifth in 13 seasons under John Calipari (six counting Malik Monk’s AP honor in 2017).
TyTy Washington earned All-SEC Second Team and All-Freshman Team honors, while Sahvir Wheeler also made the All-SEC Second Team. With three Wildcats on the coaches’ All-SEC teams, Calipari has now coached 32 players (33 total honors) who have earned All-SEC first- or second-team accolades.