{"id":229914,"date":"2026-02-24T13:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=229914"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:15:24","slug":"uh-basketball-retires-carter-jersey-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/24\/uh-basketball-retires-carter-jersey-number\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa basketball retires legend <abbr>AC<\/abbr> Carter\u2019s jersey number"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_88633\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EQ46XiKIVc4?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Anthony &quot;AC&quot; Carter Jersey Retirement Ceremony - Hawai&#039;i Basketball 2\/21\/2026\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa basketball retired the jersey number of the former guard <abbr>AC<\/abbr> Carter in front of a packed Bankoh Arena crowd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179013\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/manoa-athletics-basketball-ac-carter-dunk-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"person in a jersey dunking a basketball\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-179013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/manoa-athletics-basketball-ac-carter-dunk-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/manoa-athletics-basketball-ac-carter-dunk-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/manoa-athletics-basketball-ac-carter-dunk.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carter going up for a slam dunk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In honor of his exploits that elevated <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>\u2019s national profile in a career highlighted by some of the program\u2019s most storied victories, Carter\u2019s No. 23 will hang alongside the No. 33 worn by former <abbr>UH<\/abbr> standout and long-time coach Bob Nash overlooking the court he presided over from 1996 to \u201998.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related story: <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2026\/2\/20\/still-lighting-it-up-acs-legacy-shines-in-mens-basketball-history.aspx\">Still lighting it up: <abbr>AC<\/abbr>&#8216;s legacy shines in <abbr>UH<\/abbr> men&#8217;s basketball history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At halftime of their home game against <abbr title=\"University of California\">UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara, the \u02bbBows recognized two-time All-American Carter. Coaches, teammates, former players and friends joined Carter on the court as he became just the second player in program history to be bestowed the honor, joining Nash who was also on hand for the emotional ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It definitely was two years of life-changing experience and I wouldn\u2019t change nothing in the world,&rdquo; said Carter. &ldquo;If I had to do it all again and experience the same experiences, I\u2019d do it again and I\u2019d come back and go to the University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The night ended with a dramatic 78\u201375 overtime victory. The Rainbow Warriors will now head off for their final Big West regular-season road trip when they take on <abbr>UC<\/abbr> Davis on February 26 and Cal State Fullerton on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2026\/2\/21\/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-wins-overtime-thriller-over-ucsb-on-ac-carter-night.aspx\">Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-athletics-ac-carter-retire-number.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-athletics-ac-carter-retire-number.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-athletics-ac-carter-retire-number-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-athletics-ac-carter-retire-number-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa alumnus is just the second player in program history to be bestowed the honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":229938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,9,550,56],"class_list":["post-229914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-athletics-ac-carter-retire-number.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229914"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229960,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229914\/revisions\/229960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}