Carter stirred the pot for Press Virginia all season, leading the Big 12 in steals with 85; he won the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year award, too.
The list of past NABC winners is impressive, with six players winning the award back-to-back – something Carter can accomplish with a strong senior campaign. He isn’t the first Bob Huggins-coached player to win the award, though.
During Huggins’ time at Cincinnati, he had a player by the name of Kenyon Martin – maybe you’ve heard of him. He averaged 18.9 points, 9.