MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oscar Tshiebwe doesn’t see his nomination as Big 12 preseason freshman of the year as proof that he’s about to take the league by storm.
Rather than giving himself a pat on the back, Tshiebwe has treated this week’s honor as a kick in the butt. There’s great expectations, and now he believes he’ll have to work even harder to live up to them.
“That really surprised me,” Tshiebwe said as he spoke to local reporters for the first time on Thursday afternoon. “To me, that’s more motivation to work hard to prove I can play great.