Kadji's effort not enough as the Hurricanes lose in Tournament

Forward/Center Kenny Kadji scored 11 points and played 28 minutes as the Miami Hurricanes fell short against Marquette 71-61 in the East Regional Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

Kadji is a senior from Duoala, Cameroon. He played basketball at Pendleton/IMG Academy in high school.

While at Pendleton/IMG Academy, he had 12.0 rebounds and 28.points per game.

Kadji played with the Florida Gators for two seasons before coming to the Hurricanes.

As a freshman with Florida, he played in 35 games.

In his sophomore year with Florida, he only played 45 minutes and scored 8 points. Kadji's year was cut short because of back surgery.

As a junior at Miami, he had 5.3 rebounds and scored 11.7 points per game.

In his senior season with the Hurricanes, Kadji is averaging 29.1 minutes and 12.9 points per game.

An interesting fact about Kadji is he played the piano five years of his life. One of his brothers also attends Miami.

The Hurricanes season is now over. This was Miami's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008.

His minor is in business administration. Sociology is his major at Miami.

Here is a video of Kadji: