Armando Bacot Has Announced He Is Returning To North Carolina For His Senior Season In 2022-2023

As a freshman in 2019, 2020 Armando Bacot,

Averaged 9.6 points and 8.2 rebounds in 32 games (all starts) • Had the most rebounds by a Tar Heel freshman since Antawn Jamison in 1995-96 • Had 11 double-doubles, second most by a Tar Heel freshman and the most since Jamison’s 13 • Led the team in blocks (36), was second in FG percentage (.469) and rebounding and fourth in scoring • Scored in double figures 16 times with a high of 23 vs. Oregon • Scored 20 or more three times (23 vs. Oregon, 22 vs. Elon and 21 vs. Clemson) • Grabbed 10 or more rebounds 14 times with highs of 16 at home vs. Virginia and 15 vs. Alabama • Made at least 50 percent of his FG attempts in 16 games • Became the third freshman in Carolina history to have three straight double-doubles in points and rebounds, joining Mike O’Koren in 1976-77 and Jamison in 1995-96 (Bacot accomplished that two different times) • Averaged 2.7 offensive rebounds (had 14 in the last three games and grabbed four or more 11 times) • Missed his only game of the season vs. Wake Forest on March 3 after spraining his right ankle at Syracuse on Feb. 29 • Started 32 games, but played less than 10 minutes in three different games due to injuries – played three minutes at UNCW (blow to the head), seven minutes vs. Ohio State (left ankle sprain) and nine minutes at Syracuse (right ankle sprain).
As a sophomore in 2020-2021,

Armando Bacot was Recipient of the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player and Danny Green Most Improved Player team awards • Third-team All-ACC • First-team All-ACC Tournament after averaging 16.3 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 1.3 steals and shooting 65.5 percent from the floor in the three games • Grabbed 18 of his 32 rebounds in the ACC Tourney on the offensive boards • Led the team in scoring (12.3), field goal percentage (.628), rebounding (7.8) and blocks (26) • First Tar Heel to lead in those four categories since Brice Johnson in 2015-16 • Unofficially led ACC in field goal percentage (was eight made field goals shy of qualifying) • Was third in the ACC in offensive rebounding and sixth in rebounding • Had the eighth-highest single-season field goal percentage in UNC history • Led UNC in scoring a team-high 10 times • Led the team in scoring (13.8 ppg) and field goal percentage (.655) in the 18 wins • Scored in double figures a team-high 20 times with a high of 21 at Pittsburgh on 1/26 • UNC went 14-6 in those games • Scored 18, 18, 20, 17, 12 and 15 points (16.7 ppg), made 38 of 58 field goals (.655) and grabbed 31 offensive rebounds in the last six games • Made at least 50 percent of his shots from the floor 23 times • Seven double-doubles and double-figure rebounds in 10 games • Averaged 3.2 offensive rebounds • Five or more offensive boards eight times with a high of eight twice • His 5.58 offensive rebounds per 40 minutes were the most in a season on record by any Tar Heel • Led UNC in plus/minus at plus 121 and second in most games with a positive plus/minus (18) • UNC was 11-5 when he made five or more field goals.

Scored all 15 of his points in the second half vs. Wisconsin • Had 17 points, 13 rebounds and a season-high four blocks in ACC quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech • Second consecutive ACC Tournament game with 13 rebounds, the first Tar Heel to do that since Mitch Kupchak had 14 vs. Wake Forest and 15 vs. Clemson in 1975 • Went scoreless against the Hokies until 1:54 left in the first half, when he scored UNC’s last four points of the half, then scored 10 straight points for UNC in the second half to give the Tar Heels a 68-58 lead • Game-high 20 points and 13 rebounds in ACC Tourney win over Notre Dame – had 11 and eight in the first half as UNC built a 16-point lead at the break • Grabbed eight offensive rebounds vs. the Irish, which tied his career high (for the second time in three games) and tied the second most ever by a Tar Heel in an ACC Tourney game • Scored 11 of his 18 points (which tied for the team lead) in the first half in the home win over Duke, including nine points in the first 10 minutes as UNC raced to a 26-6 lead • Also UNC’s defensive player of the game vs. the Blue Devils • Scored 18 points, his most in eight games, and grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds at Syracuse • Eight offensive rebounds at Syracuse tied his season high • Made 7 of 8 shots from the floor and had 14 points, nine rebounds vs. Louisville • Scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half at Duke, including eight of UNC’s first 10 points in the half that extended Carolina’s lead from two to eight points • Season-high 21 points on 8-10 FG, 5-6 FT, grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds and blocked three shots in the win at Pittsburgh • Made 8 of 12 from the floor, scored a team-high 17 points and was UNC’s defensive player of the game in the win over NC State • Scored 12 first-half points as UNC built a 43-33 lead over the Pack • Scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half vs. Wake Forest • Scored four of his 15 points in the final 1:22 to give UNC a 75-70 lead in the win over Syracuse • Had seven offensive rebounds that led to nine second-chance points • Led UNC with 14 points against Kentucky, 11 of which came in the second half • First double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds vs. Texas.

As a junior in 2021-2022, Armando Bacot averaged 16.3 points, 13.1 rebounds , 1.5 assists while shooting 56.9%.

“according to espn.com”

Though, Armando Bacot who is a forward isn’t done averaging points, rebounds, assists shooting for North Carolina because Armando Bacot has announced he is returning to North Carolina for his senior season in 2022-2023.