Duane Notice


Duane Notice is a Canadian basketball player for the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of South Carolina where he is the all-time leader in games played. He won the SEC Sixth Man of the Year award in 2016 and played in the 2017 Final Four. He also plays for the Canadian national team.

High school career

In high school, Notice played for St. Michael's College School in Toronto, Ontario for four years, before moving to St. Thomas More in Connecticut for a postgraduate year in 2012. In 2010, he was named MVP of the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic International Game, becoming the first Canadian to win the award.

College career

Notice committed to the University of South Carolina in the SEC where he played for four years. After being a starter for his first two years, he was asked to become the team's sixth man for his junior year, following the recruitment of P.J. Dozier to the team. That same season, he won the SEC Sixth Man of the Year award, averaging 10.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. In his senior season, he returned to a starting role and helped South Carolina advance to the Final Four in 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, where he was heralded for his defense, after winning the East Region where they lost to Gonzaga by a score of 77-73. Notice averaged 10.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game. He finished his four-year career at South Carolina as the school's all time leader in games played with 138 and second in 3 point field goals made with 219.

Professional Career

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Notice joined Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League and appeared for them in the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup.
In 2018, he joined the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League following an open tryout and shot just under 40% from 3-point range that season. He played in the 2019 NBA Summer League for the Toronto Raptors and afterwards, he joined the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League for their inaugural season. Due to his participation in the NBA Summer League, he missed the first 15 games of the 20 game season. He re-joined the Raptors 905 for the 2019-2020 season. He was the only player from the 2018-19 season who returned for the season. On March 24, 2020, after the cancellation of the 2019–20 NBA G League season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Notice re-signed with the Hamilton Honey Badgers for their 2020 season. On July 29, during the CEBL Summer Series, Notice tore his Achilles tendon, ending his season and sidelining him indefinitely.

International career

Notice has played for the Canada men's national basketball team at the youth and senior levels. He has won three bronze medals for Canada at the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship, the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, and the 2012 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. He is currently part of the senior men's roster in the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup qualification tournament.

Personal life

Notice majored in broadcast journalism at South Carolina. He has a younger brother, Marcus Carr, who currently plays for the University of Minnesota. Carr originally declared for the 2020 NBA Draft, but later withdrew from the draft to return to Minnesota for his junior season.