NBA Draft analyst Sam Vecenie believes Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament woes are a result of poor roster construction and All-American Osar Tshiebwe.
“This is a roster that can be successful in the regular season, not the NCAA tournament, and the reason for that is kinda Oscar Tshiebwe,” Vecenie said.
Here’s an excerpt of his comments:
The roster flaws that he is referring to is largely due to roster construction. “It’s not gonna hate on a lot of these individual players. It’s just the fit together does not work in a manner that helps you win basketball games at the highest level,” Vecenie said.
One of the players he puts some blame on is Oscar Thsiebwe. Yes, the same Oscar Tshiebwe that averaged 21 points and 19.7 rebounds in his three NCAA tournament games.
“This is a roster that can be successful in the regular season, not the NCAA tournament, and the reason for that is kinda Oscar Tshiebwe,” Vecenie claims.
He then went on to say “I can win six games in a row in the NCAA tournament with Oscar Tshiebwe as your center. I don’t think you can win six straight games against coaching staffs that are trying to exploit every single thing you do poorly.”
