NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Belmont University men's basketball head coach
Casey Alexander announced Wednesday the signing of Carter Whitt to a national letter of intent to play basketball for the Bruins, starting in the fall of 2024.
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Whitt, a 6-3 guard from Raleigh, North Carolina, has played in 112 career games over four seasons, the previous two at Furman.
"Carter brings a ton of seasoning and big-game experience to Belmont," Alexander said. "His game – read and react, and play with pace - lines up wonderfully with how we like to play. Carter's passing will remind Belmont fans of former all-conference guards Austin Luke and Grayson Murphy. We know he is ready to embrace a major role on our team."
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This past season, Whitt averaged 7.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in 33 game appearances for the Paladins. He had four games of 20 or more points, including a season-high 23 points at UNC Greensboro and 20 points vs. Samford in the Southern Conference Tournament.
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Whitt spent his first two seasons at Wake Forest, seeing action in 50 games with 13 starts.
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The floor general has 62 career 3-point field goals and 16 games of five or more assists, including nine at Florida State, seven vs. Notre Dame and six vs. Syracuse.
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The former ESPN 100 recruit, and Top 75 player from 247Sports and Rivals, has been a part of 70 victories over the last three seasons, including postseason appearances in 2022 and 2023.
Belmont University men's basketball has been a postseason fixture the last two decades, including nine berths to the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins have won 20 conference championships since 2006 - third-most nationally over that span (Gonzaga, Kansas). Belmont has won 20 or more games in 14 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, Oregon) and 19 or game games in 19 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, San Diego State). Belmont is among select programs with two or more first-round selections in the NBA Draft over the last five years (
Ben Sheppard, Dylan Windler). Belmont University men's basketball boasts an NCAA-leading 19Â CoSIDAÂ Academic All-America selections since 2001 and is the only NCAA Division I program to make the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Honor Roll every year of existence
