Last season, Oscar Tshiebwe became the first college basketball national player of the year to return since North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough in 2008.
Could he do it again?
ESDuring an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show this week, Greenberg, a John Calipari confidant, said he expects to see the two-time All-American back at Kentucky once again next season.
"[Calipari's] got to get Oscar Tshiebwe to come back, first and foremost, which I think he will end up coming back," said Greenberg, who is very close to Calipari, and comes to Lexington to work Calipari's Fantasy Camp every summer.
Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) has become the great equalizer in allowing college stars to return instead of testing the waters in the NBA Draft. North Carolina big man Armando Bacot, who is in a similar situation to Tshiebwe in terms of earning power, marketability and draft stock, already announced he will return to the Tar Heels next season. Both Tshiebwe and Bacot are, at best, projected as late second round picks and could stand to earn much more at the college level. PN college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg believes so.
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