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Sweet 16 representation

3/22/2015

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With the busiest weekend of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament now wrapped up, let's take a look at which bj-league players' schools are still preparing for their next games as March Madness picks up steam.

Here are the current bj-league players who went to those schools before their pro careers were launched:

-Kentucky (Nara's Jared Carter)
-Louisville (Shinshu's Terrence Jennings, Niigata's Stephan Van Treese)
-Gonzaga (Iwate's Abdullahi Kuso, Tokyo's Will Foster, OIta's Drew Barham)
-Wisconsin (Shiga's Ray Nixon)
-Wichita State (Yokohama's Carl Hall)
-Arizona (Toyama's Jamelle Horne)
-North Carolina (Takamatsu's Justin Watts)
-Notre Dame (Niigata's Russell Carter)
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Individual stat leaders

3/1/2015

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Through games of March 1 (source: bj-league.com)

SCORING
1. Kejuan Johnson - Sendai (22.6)
2. Josh Peppers - Fukuoka (21.1)
3. Richard Roby - Akita (20.8)
4. Scootie Randall - Iwate (20.7)
5. Patrick Sanders - Shinshu (19.9)
6. Warren Niles - Yokohama (19.4)
7. Jemal Farmer - Tokyo (19.4)
8. Verdell Jones III - Fukushima (19.1)
9. Wendell White - Sendai (19.1)
10. Masashi Joho - Toyama (18.7)

ASSISTS 
1. Tatsuya Suzuki - Nara (7.0)
2. Verdell Jones III - Fukushima (5.7)
3. Kejuan Johnson - Sendai (4.6)
4. Akitomo Takeno - Akita (4.3)
5. Richard Roby - Akita (4.3)
6. Masaya Karimata - Fukushima (4.2)
7. Kenji Yamada - Yokohama (4.2)
8. Tatsunori Fujie - Toyama (4.1)
9. Takato Saito - Shinshu (4.0)
10. Takehiko Shimura - Sendai (4.0)

REBOUNDING
1. Will Foster - Tokyo (13.6)
2. Terrance Shannon - Fukushima (11.6)
3. Sam Willard - Toyama (11.4)
4. Chris Holm - Shiga (11.1)
5. Gyno Pomare - Aomori (10.9)
6. Michael St. John - Nara (10.8)
7. Nyika Williams - Saitama (10.2)
8. Chehales Tapscott - Nara (9.9)
9. Todd O'Brien - Oita (9.8)
10. Carl Hall - Yokohama (9.6)

STEALS
1. Damian Saunders - Aomori (2.5)*
2. Kejuan Johnson - Sendai (2.4)
3. Richard Roby - Akita (2.3)
4. Koji Nagata - Saitama (2.0)
5. Gary Hamilton - Osaka (1.9)
6. Shunki Hatakeyama - Osaka (1.9)
7. Gary Johnson - Saitama (1.8)
8. Mo Charlo - Hamamatsu (1.8)
9. Carlos Dixon - Gunma (1.8)
10. Masahiro Kano - Shiga (1.7)
*-No longer in the league

BLOCKS
1. Jeral Davis - Sendai (3.2)
2. Will Foster - Tokyo (3.1)
3. Lawrence Blackledge - Iwate (1.8)
4. Tyran Walker - Akita (1.7)*
5. Carl Hall - Yokohama (1.5)
6. Jared Carter - Nara (1.5)
7. Todd O'Brien - OIta (1.3)
8. Gyno Pomare - Aomori (1.3)
9. James Hughes - Fukushima (1.1)
10. Richard Roby - Akita (1.1)
*No longer in the league


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