Jay Bilas has Otega Oweh and Mohamed Dioubate on preseason awards list

Kentucky has the opportunity this season to have one of the most versatile and deepest rosters in college basketball.

With an All-American talent in Otega Oweh, combined with a great transfer portal class and recruiting class, Kentucky may have one of the most talented rosters in the country.

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ESPN’s Jay Bilas recently unveiled his three All-American teams, along with his All-Defensive and All-Freshman Teams. Otega Oweh is on his Second-Team All-American list, while Mohamed Dioubate is on his All-Defensive Team.

Below are all of the players who made up those two teams.

Second Team All-Americans

All-Defensive Team

• Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State)

• Miles Byrd (San Diego State)

The selection comes on the heels of Oweh being named a Second-Team All-American by CBS Sports. This is the first preseason honor of any kind for Dioubate.

Oweh, Dioubate and the Wildcats will get their first opportunity to play a game Friday night when they host No. 1 Purdue in an Exhibition game at Rupp Arena. Bilas has two All-Americans from the Boilermakers: Braden Smith (First-Team) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (Third Team).

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Friday’s game will tip off at 6:00 PM ET on the SEC Network.