Unsolved mystery: Why can’t Sincere Carry land a D-I offer

Solon point guard Sincere Carry (2018) goes by the nickname Sin. It’s fitting because it’s a sin that at this point not one Division I college program has offered him a scholarship. Despite being ranked as the No. 70 point guard in the country in his class by 24/7 Sports no D-1 program has offered him. The result: he committed to play at Division 2 West Liberty. This despite a scintillating senior season in which he’s averaged 23.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 8.3 assists a night and led Solon to a 27-1 record and spot in the Division I state title game against Cincinnati Moeller tonight. There are reasons bigger schools have not offered, the chief one being a history of knee injuries. The 6’0 sinewy, but powerfully built Carry put on a command performance in Solon’s 82-78 win over Pickerington Central in Friday night’s semifinal scoring 29 points, handing out 11 assists and coming away with five steals. He attacked the paint all night long. He also displayed a clutch gene knocking down 14-of-17 free throws as well as an ability to stay in a game mentally after he was limited to 8 first-half points on 2-of-6 shooting and looked very uncomfortable. Solon needed all of Carry’s heroics in digging out of a 10-point halftime deficit and the performance stirred up the debate of why not a single Division I college program has offered him a scholarship. The signature moment of the performance came during the second half when Carry came away with a steal at midcourt and streaked to the other end before rising and trying to dunk over 6’3” Javohn Garcia. The dunk clanged off the back of the rim, but the play itself seemed to elevate Solon to another level while providing it with the confidence to pull off the comeback. Lavishing praise on Carry after the win was none other than Pickerington Central’s coach, Eric Krueger. “He didn’t win Mr. Basketball, but I thought he was the best player on film I saw all year,” Krueger said. Krueger expounded on his thoughts on Carry following his postgame presser. “It’s ridiculous,” he said when asked about the fact Carry has no D-1 offers. “He’s the real deal. He needs to decommit and go play Division I,” said Krueger. Carry is not oblivious to the lack of offers and knows why. “Probably the injury,” he said. He said he took the West Liberty offer only after receiving little to no interest from D-I schools. “No school really came out to watch me play. They were all kind of sleeping on me,” he said. The snoozing has apparently continued despite the strong senior season. “No school has contacted me,” he said. And he's used that to motivate himself. “It definitely puts a chip on my shoulder. I know I can play at the Division-1 level,” he said. But he’s also grateful he’ll get to continue playing at West Liberty. “I’m blessed to go to college. It doesn’t matter where,” he said.