Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe will have to fend off serious competition to make history as a two-time men's college basketball Wooden Award winner.
Tshiebwe (16.8 PPG, 13.8 RPG, 1.3 BPG) anchors the John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's midseason top 25 list for 2022-23 that was released Wednesday. He could become the second two-time winner of the men's Wooden Award, exactly 40 years after former Virginia star Ralph Sampson won it in 1982 and 1983.
However, Tshiebwe arguably is not the frontrunner for the award.
This edition of the men's midseason list features Zach Edey (21.