The Latest Breaking News from Oscar Tshiebwe

Three takeaways from Kansas State’s victory over Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Kansas State men’s basketball team is heading to the Sweet 16.

Tribune News Service · Mar 19, 2023

Kansas State’s Nae’Qwan Tomlin had some delicious NCAA tournament trash talk for Kentucky

Kansas State does NOT sound too concerned about playing Kentucky on Sunday.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 18, 2023

The streak is over. Kentucky beats Providence for first NCAA Tournament win in four years.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — For the first time in four years, Kentucky has won an NCAA Tournament game.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023

John Clay: Kentucky basketball faces its next test: Can the Cats keep it in overdrive?

A basketball season is a series of tests. Early tests. Middle tests. Late tests. Hard tests. Easy tests. A team won’t pass every test. Bobby Knight’s Indiana was the last to ace them all way back in 1975-76. Still, it must pass more than it fails. To be elite, many…

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Kentucky sweeps Florida to boost NCAA Tournament résumé

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What was shaping up as one of Kentucky’s best basketball games of the season took a hard turn before halftime.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Georgia defeats Kentucky at Stegeman Coliseum, 75-68

ATHENS, Ga. — Any win over SEC-powerhouse Kentucky can be noteworthy, and Georgia’s 75-68 victory over the Wildcats on Saturday checked several boxes for the Bulldogs.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2023

Mark Story: For Kentucky basketball, it’s time to send an SOS — Save Oscar’s Season

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Back in the summer, when John Calipari hypothesized over what coaching challenges he would face with the 2022-23 Kentucky Wildcats, one the UK head man surely never considered would be his needing to justify keeping Oscar Tshiebwe on the court.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023

John Clay: After another failure, we know what we know about this Kentucky basketball team

LEXINGTON, Ky. — At this point, we’ve seen enough of this Kentucky men’s basketball team to know it is what it is, a team that continues to come up small in big games.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023

‘The King of Kentucky.’ Oscar Tshiebwe is the 2022 Kentucky Sports Figure of the Year.

When one plays for a traditionally regal college hoops program like the Kentucky Wildcats, it is no easy task to make history.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2023

Mark Story: As February looms, the question persists: Is UK going to make the NCAA Tournament?

After Kentucky disappointed an electric Rupp Arena crowd of 20,418 by falling to then-No. 9 Kansas 77-68 Saturday night in the final SEC/Big 12 Challenge, an uncomfortable reality hangs over the 2022-23 UK season.

Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2023