UNC’s Armando Bacot returning for fifth season: Why he’s not yet a legit NBA prospect
1 year, 9 months ago

UNC’s Armando Bacot returning for fifth season: Why he’s not yet a legit NBA prospect

New York Times  

North Carolina big man Armando Bacot is returning to Chapel Hill for the 2023-24 season, he announced via Stadium on Wednesday. Bacot averaged 15.9 points and 10.4 rebounds last season as, at times, UNC’s only interior presence. More importantly, Bacot returning for his fifth season will provide coach Hubert Davis with at least one proven leader next season, with future decisions still pending from guards Caleb Love and R.J. Davis. He blocks about one shot per game, and there isn’t really much of a difference for North Carolina in terms of numbers defending at the rim when Bacot is on or off the floor. There are a lot of little things he can do in order to help himself — and honestly to help North Carolina get better — without changing who he is as a physical, powerful big man.— Vecenie What they’re saying “I felt it was the right decision for my future,” Bacot told Stadium.

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Bacot’s wild 5-year ride is down to its final March Madness run for No. 1 seed North Carolina
9 months ago

Bacot’s wild 5-year ride is down to its final March Madness run for No. 1 seed North Carolina

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Armando Bacot should sound tired. “I’ve been through three different eras of college basketball,” Bacot said Friday, adding: “It’s been a roller-coaster my whole college career.” Indeed. Yet it’s also put Bacot in the intriguing position of observer to college basketball’s evolution, as well as a time of massive transition for an individual program with six NCAA …

Bacot, Withers help No. 1 seed North Carolina beat No. 16 seed Wagner in March Madness
9 months ago

Bacot, Withers help No. 1 seed North Carolina beat No. 16 seed Wagner in March Madness

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elliot Cadeau saw Jae’Lyn Withers running the court and sent a lob his way in transition. That helped the Tar Heels finish the game shooting 55% from the field against a short-handed upstart aiming to pull off only the third opening-round takedown of a 1-seed in March Madness history. typically challenges us before the game and sometimes …

How UNC plans to use newcomers like Elliot Cadeau, Harrison Ingram and Cormac Ryan
1 year, 5 months ago

How UNC plans to use newcomers like Elliot Cadeau, Harrison Ingram and Cormac Ryan

New York Times  

Consider it a sign of the times: North Carolina, one of college basketball’s bluest bloods, is intentionally opting not to utilize all 13 scholarships at its disposal. North Carolina’s ball movement issues last season are well-documented, but it’s worth reiterating that Bacot — who tied for the best offensive rating on the team, per KenPom — only actually led UNC …

North Carolina’s Armando Bacot is now the Tar Heels’ top rebounder
1 year, 11 months ago

North Carolina’s Armando Bacot is now the Tar Heels’ top rebounder

New York Times  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In the moment, it was the same as always: Armando Bacot thrusting his hands in the air, grabbing at a loose basketball and calmly corralling it. It was Bacot’s 1,220th career rebound, the one that pushed him past Tyler Hansbrough, and into first place all-time in North Carolina program history. Just look at the company Bacot …

Tar Heels’ Bacot returning to UNC after NCAA title-game run
2 years, 8 months ago

Tar Heels’ Bacot returning to UNC after NCAA title-game run

Associated Press  

North Carolina big man Armando Bacot is returning for his senior season after the Tar Heels fell a game short of winning an improbable national championship. He announced his decision in a social-media video Wednesday, nine days after the Tar Heels lost to Kansas in the NCAA title game in New Orleans. “This year’s experience showed me that I do …

NBA Prospect Watch: UNC’s Bacot a rebounding tour de force
2 years, 10 months ago

NBA Prospect Watch: UNC’s Bacot a rebounding tour de force

Associated Press  

The preseason focus for North Carolina’s Armando Bacot was about improving his shooting range for his long-term development and potential NBA career. “The best rebounders I’ve seen that can go get rebounds out of their area, they start with great positioning,” Hancock said. And then he’s big enough and strong enough where if you’re going to go take one from …

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