69 Canadians in major U.S. Tourneys
March is always an exciting time of year for basketball fans because it means it’s tournament time. The NCAA Tournament for Division 1 programs begins later today and will always get the most notoriety, but there are several other tournaments taking place at different levels. HoopStars Canada brings you a full listing of all Canadians involved in the “Madness”: NCAA Division 1 (Final Four, NIT, CBI, CIT), NCAA Division 2, and the biggest junior college association (NJCAA). In total, there are 69 Canadian student-athletes on rosters for teams competing at these tournaments below. Included are notable statistics for each player.
NCAA Division 1
Dates: March 15-April 4
Final Four Location: Houston, Texas
SOUTH Region
Stefan Jankovic (Mississauga, ON) 6'11" f Sr. - Hawaii
(24.8 mpg) 15.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg
Jarryn Skeete (Brampton, ON) 6'3" g Sr. - Buffalo
(28.0 mpg) 8.0 ppg, 2.2 apg
Rodell Wigginton (North Preston, NS) 6'5" f Sr. - Buffalo
(18.1 mpg) 7.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Stefan Duric (Burlington, ON) 6'5" g Fr. - Buffalo [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
WEST Region
Dillon Brooks (Mississauga, ON) 6'7" f Soph. - Oregon
(32.9 mpg) 16.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.1 apg
Chris Boucher (Montreal, QC) 6'10" f Sr. - Oregon
(26.3 mpg) 12.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.1 bpg
Dylan Ennis (Brampton, ON) 6'2" g Sr. - Oregon [*Injured - Out for Season]
(10.5 mpg) 1.0 ppg, 1.0 apg in 2 games
D'Adrian Allen (Brampton, ON) 6'8" f Jr. - Southern
(11.1 mpg) 3.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Tevin Findlay (Mississauga, ON) 6'4" g Jr. - Green Bay
(13.3 mpg) 4.8 ppg, 1.1 apg
Malcolm Duvivier (Toronto, ON) 6'2" g Jr. - Oregon State
(25.4 mpg) 6.2 ppg, 2.2 apg
Dinjiyl Walker (Thornhill, ON) 6'1" g Sr. - Oklahoma
(13.0 mpg) 3.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg
EAST Region
Junior Lomomba (Montreal, QC) 6'5" g Jr. - Providence
(24.9 mpg) 5.5 ppg, 2.0 apg
Jamal Murray (Kitchener, ON) 6'4" g Fr. - Kentucky
(35.2 mpg) 20.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Mychal Mulder (Windsor, ON) 6'4" g Jr. - Kentucky
(4.0 mpg) 0.5 ppg, 1.2 rpg
Cody John (Mississauga, ON) 6'3" g Fr. - Weber State
(17.4 mpg) 4.6 ppg, 1.6 apg
MIDWEST Region
Marial Shayok (Ottawa, ON) 6'6" g Soph. - Virginia
(14.9 mpg) 3.9 ppg, 1.1 apg
Kemy Osse (Montreal, QC) 6'1" g Jr. - Arkansas-Little Rock
(15.9 mpg) 5.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Saren Westrop (Lethbridge, AB) 6'7" f Fr. - Iona
(2.0 mpg) 0.0 ppg, 0.2 apg
Naz Mitrou-Long (Mississauga, ON) 6'4" g Sr. - Iowa State [*Injured - Out for Season]
(31.6 mpg) 12.0 ppg, 1.9 apg in 8 games
Braeden Anderson (Okotoks, AB) 6'8" f Sr. - Seton Hall
(6.2 mpg) 0.8 ppg, 1.4 rpg
Kyle Wiltjer (Portland, Oregon) 6'10" f Sr. - Gonzaga
(33.6 mpg) 20.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg
Dustin Triano (Tsawwassen, BC) 6'3" g Soph. - Gonzaga
(3.5 mpg) 1.5 ppg, 0.4 apg
Dyshawn Pierre (Whitby, ON) 6'6" f Sr. - Dayton
(33.0 mpg) 13.0 ppg, 8.6 rpg
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National Invitation Tournament (NIT)
NCAA Division 1
Dates: March 15-31
Final Four Location: New York City, New York
Nelson Kaputo (Toronto, ON) 6'1" g Fr. - St. Bonaventure
(17.2 mpg) 4.6 ppg, 1.9 apg
David Andoh (Montreal, QC) 6'7" f Sr. - St. Bonaventure [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Tevonn Walker (Montreal, QC) 6'1" g Soph. - Valparaiso
(23.5 mpg) 9.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Max Joseph (Montreal, QC) 6'1" g Soph. - Valparaiso
(8.4 mpg) 1.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Xavier Rathan-Mayes (Markham, ON) 6'4" g Soph. - Florida State
(29.2 mpg) 11.7 ppg, 4.5 apg
Tanveer Bhullar (Toronto, ON) 7'3" c Soph. - New Mexico State
(18.1 mpg) 5.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Jalyn Pennie (Ajax, ON) 6'7" g Soph. - New Mexico State
(27.0 mpg) 6.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Matthew Taylor (Brampton, ON) 6'5" g Soph. - New Mexico State
(25.7 mpg) 5.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Rashawn Browne (Toronto, ON) 6'1" g Fr. - New Mexico State
(12.2 mpg) 2.3 ppg, 1.1 apg
Jermaine Haley (Burnaby, BC) 6'7" g Fr. - New Mexico State [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Duane Notice (Woodbridge, ON) 6'2" g Jr. - South Carolina
(27.2 mpg) 11.1 ppg, 2.1 apg
Matthew Atewe (Brampton, ON) 6'8" f Soph. - Washington [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Nolan Narain (Hamilton, ON) 6'9" f Fr. - San Diego State [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Montaque Gill-Caesar (Toronto, ON) 6'5" g Soph. - San Diego State [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Kimbal Mackenzie (Oakville, ON) 6'1" g Fr. - Bucknell
(15.5 mpg) 4.3 ppg, 1.6 apg
D'Andre Bernard (Ajax, ON) 6'8" f Fr. - North Florida [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
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CBI
NCAA Division 1
Dates: March 15-April 1
Location: to be determined
Kadeem Smithen (Ajax, ON) 6'2" g Soph. - Siena [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Jordan Robinson (Toronto, ON) 6'8" f Soph. - Duquesne
(7.6 mpg) 2.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg
Richard Peters (Pickering, ON) 6'11" c Jr. - Albany
(12.0 mpg) 2.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Jelani Mofford (Brampton, ON) 6'5" f Fr. - UNC-Greensboro
(1.6 mpg) 0.8 ppg, 0.2 apg in 5 games
Manroop Clair (Surrey, BC) 6'2" g Jr. - Seattle
(22.6 mpg) 8.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg
Jaden Cohee (Langley, BC) 6'4" g Soph. - Seattle
(20.5 mpg) 7.7 ppg, 1.0 apg
Trae Bell-Haynes (Toronto, ON) 6'2" g Soph. - Vermont
(27.4 mpg) 11.8 ppg, 3.5 apg
Drew Urquhart (Vancouver, BC) 6'8" f Soph. - Vermont
(14.8 mpg) 5.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Haboubacar Mutombo (Ajax, ON) 6'5" g Soph. - Western Carolina
(16.2 mpg) 3.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg
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CIT
NCAA Division 1
Dates: March 14-29
Location: to be determined
Marc-Andre Fortin (Quebec City, QC) 6'9" c Fr. - Sam Houston State
(6.7 mpg) 1.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg
Grandy Glaze (Brampton, ON) 6'6" f Sr. - Grand Canyon
(26.1 mpg) 14.1 ppg, 8.5 rpg
Francis Kiapway (Hamilton, ON) 6'3" g Soph. - Ball State
(27.2 mpg) 8.9 ppg, 1.5 apg
Bik Gill (Brampton, ON) 6'7" f Sr. - Ball State
(5.2 mpg) 2.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg in 5 games
Joseph Chartouny (St. Hubert, QC) 6'3" g Fr. - Fordham
(32.6 mpg) 11.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 6.1 apg
Nemanja Zarkovic (Sherbrooke, QC) 6'3" g Soph. - Fordham
(18.2 ppg) 3.0 ppg, 1.3 apg
Grant Mullins (Burlington, ON) 6'2" g Sr. - Columbia
(31.1 mpg) 13.1 ppg, 3.4 apg
Chris McComber (Ottawa, ON) 6'8" f Jr. - Columbia
(9.7 mpg) 2.2 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Kareem South (Toronto, ON) 6'2" g Fr. - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
(7.2 mpg) 1.2 ppg, 1.0 rpg in 5 games
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NCAA Division 2
Dates: March 11-26
Final Four Location: Frisco, Texas
Fergus Duke (Dartmouth, NS) 6'2" g Jr. - Bentley
(27.0 mpg) 8.2 ppg, 2.7 apg
Ryan Richmond (Toronto, ON) 6'0" g Fr. - Bentley
(17.5 mpg) 6.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Olivier-Paul Betu (Montreal, QC) 6'2" g Jr. - Seattle Pacific
(3.0 mpg) 0.4 ppg, 0.3 rpg
Kordell Holness-Lightbody (Montreal, QC) 6'3" g Fr. - Mercyhurst
(2.8 mpg) 0.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg in 6 games
Trevor Andrews-Evans (Toronto, ON) 6'7" f Jr. - Fairmont State
(13.3 mpg) 3.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Ayob Ayob (Winnipeg, MB) 6'7" f Jr. - Minnesota State-Moorhead
(21.5 mpg) 10.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg
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NJCAA Division 1
Dates: March 14-19
Location: Hutchinson, Kansas
Daniel Dzierzawski (Hamilton, ON) 6'0" g Soph. - Moberly Area
15.1 ppg, 2.3 apg
Kevin Zabo (Gatineau, QC) 6'2" g Soph. - Indian Hills
6.8 ppg, 4.3 apg
Selvedin Planincic (Sherbrooke, QC) 6'11" c Soph. - Indian Hills
2.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Sasha Simic (Kitchener, ON) 6'6" f Fr. - Vincennes [*Redshirt - Out for Season]
Joel Thabize (Montreal, QC) 6'7" f Fr. - Gillette
10.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Fritz Lucien (Montreal, QC) 6'8" f Fr. - Georgia Highlands
3.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg