Despite what happened in the postseason for this loaded roster, it was very clear all year long that they had a huge pool of talent, and the awards they racked up all season long showed just that. While I’m sure they all would have traded every single one of these individuals trophies and nominations for the one main trophy that comes with cutting down the nets in the National Championship game, it is still nice to look back and see what their hard work earned them throughout the process.
Here are all the individual awards this team won throughout the 2021-22 season.
Oscar Tshiebwe
NCAA Consensus All-America First Team
USBWA First-Team All-America
NABC First-Team All-America
Associated Press First-Team All-America
Sporting News First-Team All-America
NABC All-District 20 First Team
Southeastern Conference Player of the Year (coaches/media)
All-SEC First Team (coaches/media)
All-SEC Defensive Team (coaches)
USBWA District IV Player of the Year
USBWA All-District IV team
USA Today National Player of the Year
USA Today First-Team All-American
The Athletic's National Player of the Year
Sports Illustrated First-Team All-American
The Field of 68 National Player of the Year
The Field of 68 First-Team All-America
College Hoops Today National Player of the Year
USA Today SEC Player of the Year
USA Today First-Team All-SEC unanimous selection
Keion Brooks Jr.
SEC Player of the Week (Jan. 31)
Kentucky Classic All-Tournament Team
Davion Mintz
CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
Lance Ware
SEC Community Service Team
TyTy Washington Jr.
All-SEC Second Team (coaches)
All-SEC Freshman Team (coaches)
Jerry West Award Top 10
CBS/USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 18)
SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Jan. 17)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 10)
SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Jan. 3)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 27)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 22)
Kentucky Classic All-Tournament Team
Sahvir Wheeler
All-SEC Second Team (coaches)
Bob Cousy Award Final Five
SEC Player of the Week (Dec. 20)
NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week (Dec. 20)
Oscar and TyTy took home the most of the team, but to have four to five different guys on your team winning things from their success on and off the court speaks volumes. Many of the awards came from their gameplay, but many came from their off-the-court recognitions as well.
I’m real proud of what this team accomplished throughout the regular season and it will forever be a dying belief of mine that their story should’ve had more to it… it just got cut way too short.
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