At 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Robert Carter Jr. said good morning to Xfinity Center five and a half hours before tip-off time, and an hour and a half before team walk-throughs.
"Robert works so hard," said coach Mark Turgeon. "I walked in for eight o'clock walk-throughs this morning and Robert was already in a full sweat."
In just 23 minutes, the 6'9 forward looked like an NBA talent in his 25-point, 5-rebound, 2-steal domination of Ohio State's defense on Saturday, maybe due in part to devoting pregame hours to hone his craft.
"[I was] just working on my game," said Carter.