Take a look at some of Drew Timme's best moments from last year. There is a time and a place for it.
Oscar was the consensus men's college basketball player of the year last season and usually goes to the NBA.
Kentucky's big man decided to go somewhere else. He could be even better this season.
He's a better passer, that's for sure." He has a better dribble. The man has a better feeling. The Kentucky coach said that he talks. He is better at knowing the plays. He's real.
The AP's preseason All-America team included a unanimous selection of Tshiebwe and Timme. The team was selected by a 59-person media panel that votes on the AP Top 25.
It's the first time since Tyler Hansbrough came back to lead North Carolina to a national title that an AP national player of the year has not returned.
The fourth-ranked Cats are hoping Tshiebwe can do the same for them.
The 6-foot-9, 260-pound forward averaged 17.4 points and was the nation's leading rebounder. He finished the season with a school-record 28 double-doubles and shot 60.6% from the field.
When projections had him going in the second round of the 2022.
"NBA scouts want my game to expand a little bit, so I'm trying to do that." They want me to shoot a few 3-pointers. They want me to dribble and catch the ball.
Two years in a row, Timme decided the same thing. The 6-9 senior was one of the nation's best big men the past two years, leading the Zags on deep NCAA runs, including a trip to the national title game in 2021. He was a second-team All-American for the second year in a row after he averaged 18.4 points and 6.8 boards.
He still had areas of his game he wanted to work on before heading to the NBA and hoped for one more chance to win a national title with the second ranked Zags. It was easy because of the NCAA's name, image and likeness rules.
We have a chance to make a difference. Timme said that he wanted to get his degree and build on it. It was a culmination of a lot of things, but I like being a college kid.
Bacot has a chance to make a difference with the Tar Heels.
The 6-11 forward tied the NCAA record with 31 double-doubles last season and became the first to have six in one NCAA tournament. The Tar Heels are one of the favorites to win it all, despite losing to Kansas.
Bacot said that they can't wait to win a national title. We're human, so maybe that's not the best approach.
Two years ago during the first Final Four run since the Phi Slama Jama days, Sasser was a key part of the team.
He was named the American Athletic Conference's preseason player of the year.
It puts a target on your back every night, but it also gives you motivation to work harder.
Jackson-Davis was the leading scorer and rebounder for the Hoosiers last year. The 6-9 forward helped Indiana reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in six years, but the team lost to Saint Mary's in the first round.
The 13th-ranked Hoosiers hope to make a deep March run with Jackson-Davis back.
"If you don't win something here, I think I have set the stone of my individual legacy, being an All-American and doing all of those things, but those don't really matter if you don't win something here," he stated. I want to win a national championship and a Big Ten title this year.
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