Round 4 of the Varsity Basketball League is upon us and the competition has never been fiercer. Here is our updated power ranking of the top 10 players as we head into the business end of the season.
1. Dayo Okafor — Lagos
Still the man to beat. Okafor leads the league in scoring average and has yet to drop a single game in the knockout rounds. His footwork in the post is simply on another level from everyone else remaining in the competition. The question is not whether he is the best player — it is whether anyone can find a way to stop him.
2. Kweku Mensah — Accra
The only player this season to score 21 points in under 10 possessions. Mensah’s efficiency rating of 94% is the highest ever recorded in VBL history. He makes the game look easy in a way that suggests he has not yet been pushed to his limit.
3. Tunde Adeyemi — Abuja
Adeyemi continues to prove the doubters wrong. Written off before the season started as a one-dimensional scorer, he has shown remarkable defensive awareness and mental toughness in tight situations. His tactical evolution this season has been the most fascinating subplot of the campaign.
4. Seun Eze — Lagos
The dark horse of the tournament. Eze’s three-point range is unmatched in the current field and he has the ability to end a game of 21 in a flurry of long-range buckets that leaves opponents completely stunned.
5. Jerome Nwosu — Port Harcourt
Pure athleticism. His vertical leap gives him an advantage in contested situations that no defender has found an answer to yet. If the game gets physical in the later rounds — and it always does — Nwosu has the body to win those battles.