Cedric Rudolph Bozeman (born March 7, 1983) is an American professional

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player for

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of the B.League.

Early life

Born in

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, Bozeman attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana alongside

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and USC Heisman Trophy winner,

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. He was a member of the high school's top-ranked Mater Dei Monarchs basketball team. Bozeman later played

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with the

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. During his Freshman year, he played In 26 games (21 starts). Was a Honorable-Mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team Selection after averaging 3.5 assists per game (8th In Pac-10), At The Ucla Basketball Banquet Awards He Won The Seymour Armond Memorial Award As The Most Valuable Freshman. As A Junior, He Started All 28 Games, and Led The Pac-10 In assists per game (5.5) and assists (155), at the end of the year banquet, he was given the bruin hoopsters jd morgan memorial award for outstanding team play.

Professional career

Bozeman was not drafted in the

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, but found his way into the league through the

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where he averaged 1.1 points in 23 games with five starts before being waived in January 2007. Soon thereafter he was quickly picked up by the

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of the NBA D-League. Bozeman went overseas to play for the

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-based

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basketball club and averaged 4.6 points per game over ten games. The former Bruin went on to play another season in

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, this time with the

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club during the 2007–08 season. In 2010, he signed with Belgacom Liège in Belgium. For the 2011–12 season, Bozeman joined the

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of the

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. At the end of December 2011, the Bighorns waived Bozeman due to injury. However, he later rejoined the team. In 2012, he joined the

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as their import for the Governors Cup. Later in 2012, he signed with the

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. From 2013 to 2015, Bozeman played with the Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa of the Japanese NBL where he won a championship in the 2013–14 season.

Career statistics

NBA

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College

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References

External links

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UCLA Bruins player profileToshiba Brave ThundersArticle in Japan TimesHighlights video
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