KAEO Sampson Carter

xlgman · Post by **xlgman** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:35 pm

http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m ... 08aaa.html

Signed NLI

Looking back at this thread - there isn't much info on him. What else do we know other than today's press release?

Found this on the ESPN recruiting site: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recruitin ... itId=73951

Minutemaniac74 · Post by **Minutemaniac74** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:58 pm

From that ESPN article:

Carter has a tendency to play to fast and get out of control on offense, dribbling into trouble and turning the ball over.

Looks like he's got our offense down!

UMass87 · Post by **UMass87** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:19 pm

xlgman · Post by **xlgman** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:19 pm

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... ate-title/

Named tournament MVP for Ridgeway after leading them to a state championship last spring over Joe Jackson's Whity City team.

dkmsoxfan88 · Post by **dkmsoxfan88** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:36 am

6'8" SF? Why not?!

This is gonna be a fun team in the near future.

cox'n · Post by **cox'n** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:19 am

http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ss ... igned.html

Ulan131 · Post by **Ulan131** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:45 am

I think this is HUGE for umass a 6'8" 200 small forward who is long and athletic and can block shots and shoot i believe after a year of prepping this kid will be a stud for us I'm ecstatic with Kellogg's recruiting ability and really think he can put this program back on the map as one of the elite. I deffinately have my maroon colored glasses on.

POLAND · Post by **POLAND** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:12 pm

well DK has known him since he was 12 and hes a 3 star on scout.com so i trust his judgment.

Old Cage · Post by **Old Cage** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:32 pm

From Dewey:

"I used to baby-sit for him. I didn't know then that he'd grow to be 6-foot-8," Kellogg joked.

xlgman · Post by **xlgman** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:00 pm

Not much new here but he's helping lead Winchendon (same school Ricky came from) to a 4-2 start

http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.c ... -UMass.php

TheInsider · Post by **TheInsider** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:33 am

i don't know if he will play SF since every guy we've recruited so far seems like a 3!

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:18 pm

Just saw Carter play at the HoopHall in Springfield. He's long and athletic at 6'8 with a decent body on him already. He could easily put the ball on the floor and got to the rim against a pretty good Patterson team. His first 3 attempt was from the corner and he released it from about eye level and the ball went on a line drive into the rim...that had me concerned. However, he hit a few after that and his touch started to look better. He by no means though is a pure shooter from what I saw today and could use some more arch on it. However, it looked like he could easily be helped by Kellogg and Co.

What impressed me most today was how hard he worked. He banged on the boards, both offensively and defensively against guys that had more wieght and a few more inches. He ran the floor extremely well. Overall, I'm pretty excited to watch him in a UMass uniform for the next four years. Shuld be able to help next year.

Bub89 · Post by **Bub89** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:27 pm

Carter scored 19 points (tied for team high) in Winchendon's victory over the Patterson School. Nice.

Dandabombe · Post by **Dandabombe** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:20 pm

I was also at the winchendon-patterson game and the thing that impressed me the most with carter was how quick his hands were. He had several steals, and even more times where he poked the ball out of a aptterson's guys hands, but sent it out of bounds. He seemed to get a hand on everything.

One disappointing thing was that he didn't seem to have the extreme athletic ability that his body makes you think he has. I don't think he's somebody who can dunk in traffic, and a few times when you thought he might, he opted to just lay it in off the glass.

Overall he seemed to be a solid and smart player, which is always somebody good to have.

uz2b-len · Post by **uz2b-len** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:11 pm

Thanks for the first hand reports. I really appreciate posts that actually contain information.