Kentan Facey

Kentan Facey

Personal information
Born	(1993-07-14) July 14, 1993 Trelawny, Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school	Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, New York)
College	Connecticut (2013–2017)
Position	Power forward
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2014)

Kentan Facey (born July 14, 1993) is a Jamaican basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Connecticut Huskies. He is a 6'10 power forward and occasional center who played on the UConn 2013–14 NCAA Championship team.

Kentan Facey is also notable in that he was involved in a fairly prominent decision made by the NCAA that set precedent for future eligibility issues. Due to the fact that the education system in Jamaica is more similar to that of the United Kingdom than that of the United States, Facey had already technically graduated from high school by international standards before enrolling at Long Island Lutheran High School in New York City, where he played for two seasons before enrolling at UConn. Originally, the NCAA had ruled that he had to forgo two years of his eligibility and redshirt for one season. It was later decided that this would not be applied, as the NCAA did not want to punish international athletes for performing well academically.

College statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2013–14	Connecticut	23	0	5.3	.481	.667	.667	1.8	.2	.1	.3	1.5
2014–15	Connecticut	31	22	21.5	.543	1.000	.724	5.2	.4	.2	.4	4.4
2015–16	Connecticut	35	5	12.7	.573	.000	.652	3.6	.3	.2	.9	3.1
2016–17	Connecticut	33	28	28.5	.484	.000	.703	7.1	.6	.2	1.2	8.5
Career		122	55