Derrick Caracter was planning on continuing his basketball career at Long Beach State when his mother received a phone call last December that changed his life.Randall Dickey, an assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso, called Winnie Terry and said he was interested in recruiting her 6-foot-9, 275-pound son after he had parted ways with Louisville coach Rick Pitino.
“My mom said it wasn’t going to hurt if you went to visit one more school even though you have your mind made up,” Caracter said Sunday in a telephone interview.
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