ORLANDO - The first time Mo Bamba and Wendell Carter Jr. played against one another was in Oct. 2013 at Baruch College in New York City at the Jim Couch Foundation annual showcase. They were high school freshmen at the time and just starting to make a name for themselves on a national scale.
Noticeable during the competition, which also featured some other now well-known hoopsters including Trevon Duval, who Carter later played with at Duke, and Cody Riley, currently a forward with the UCLA Bruins, was that Carter was a few inches taller than Bamba.