Wendell Carter Jr., who this summer won a gold medal with the USA U17 team and was named to the All-Star Five Team at the U17 World Championship in Spain, will announce his college choice on Nov. 23, his mother confirmed to ZAGSBLOG.
The early signing period ran Nov. 9-16, but Carter Jr. has already signed his NLI, his mom said.
The 6-foot-10 Carter Jr. out of Atlanta (GA) Pace Academy is considering Duke, Harvard, Georgia and Georgia Tech.
Duke remains the favorite for Carter Jr., who continues to talk with his close friend Gary Trent Jr. about playing together in college. Trent Jr. committed to Duke last week and said in his USA Today blog that both he and Carter Jr. “loved” their Duke visit — which they took together.
“I went with one of my best friends Wendell Carter, who’s like a brother to me,” Trent Jr. wrote. “Of course everyone knows that we want to play together so we scheduled the visit so we could see it together.
“We went to Countdown to Craziness and that was just crazy! You hear about the Cameron Crazies, but it definitely surpassed what I thought. Those guys really are in awe of their basketball team. I loved it.”
Carter Jr. broke down all four of his schools for Rivals and said of Duke:
“It was also pretty good. It was like the other ones where I toured and went around with the team.”
Carter Jr. is projected as the No. 4 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by DraftExpress.com.
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