Carter to Compete in Portsmouth Invitational
4/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 6, 2010
Official Portsmouth Invitational Tournament Web Site
WACO, Texas - Baylor men's basketball senior point guard Tweety Carter has been invited to compete in the 58th annual Portsmouth Invitational, which allows 64 of the nation's college basketball seniors to showcase their talents in front of NBA and international scouts.
This year's Portsmouth Invitational will take place April 7-10 at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Va. The participating seniors are grouped into eight teams of eight players. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament over a four-day span.
Carter is on the Norfolk Sports Club team with fellow Big 12 Conference alums Tony Crocker of Oklahoma and Bryan Davis of Texas A&M. Also on the team are Old Dominion's Gerald Lee, Wake Forest's Chas McFarland, Western Kentucky's A.J. Slaughter, Southern Indiana's Jamar Smith and Rider's Ryan Thompson.
Norfolk Sports Club will open the tournament against Tidewater Sealants Wednesday at 6 p.m. CDT. Fans can purchase tickets to the event for $10 per night or $30 for the entire tournament.
Carter averaged 15.0 points and a Big 12-best 5.9 assists in 32 games, leading Baylor (28-8) to its first Elite 8 appearance in the modern tournament era and a No. 10 ranking in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll. A third-team All-Big 12 selection by the coaches, Carter was named fourth-team All-American by Sporting News, Big 12 All-Improved by the league's media and second-team All-Big 12 by several outlets, including the AP and Big 12 media.
Tweety Carter 2009-10 SEASON HONORS
All-American, fourth team (Sporting News)
All-Big 12, second team (AP, Austin American-Statesman, Big 12 media, Columbia [Mo.] Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, San Antonio Express-News, Sporting News, The Oklahoman, Waco Tribune-Herald, Yahoo! Sports)
All-Big 12, third team (coaches)
Big 12 All-Improved (Big 12 media)
NCAA All-Tournament team, South Regional
