LEXINGTON – Seven games into Kentucky basketball’s 2020-21 season, there is a compelling argument to be made that junior forward Oscar Tshiebwe is the Wildcats’ best player.
He leads the country in rebounding (16 per game) and ranks second on the team in scoring 14.1. Kentucky has outscored its opponents by 164 points in the 191 minutes Tshiebwe has been on the court and been outscored by two in the 89 minutes he has been on the bench.
Despite that success, John Calipari had a confession to make about Tshiebwe’s role after Kentucky’s win over Central Michigan Monday.