Though, Armando Bacot Was A Senior At North Carolina In 2022-2023 Season Armando Bacot Is Remaining At North Carolina Where He Is Going To Use 5th Season Of Eligibility In 2023-2024 Season
As a freshman at North Carolina in 2019-2020,
Armando Bacot who is a forward 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 at North Carolina 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 Compiled one of the most prolific rebounding seasons in college basketball history • Led Carolina in scoring (16.3), rebounding (13.1), field goal percentage (.569) and blocks (65), becoming the first Tar Heel to ever lead the team in those categories in consecutive seasons • Earned All-NCAA Tournament honors in both the Final Four and East Regional, where he was also the Most Outstanding Player • National Player of the Year finalist (Lute Olson Award), third-team CBS Sports and USA Today All-America, leading vote getter on the ACC first team, second in ACC Player-of-the-Year voting and second-team All-ACC Tournament • One of three players to make the Academic All-ACC team and first-team All-ACC • Also made the ACC Academic Honor Roll for grade point average • Third in the balloting for ACC Male Athlete of the Year.
Became the first player in college basketball history with six double-doubles in one NCAA Tournament • Tied the all-time NCAA single-season record with 31 double-doubles (with Navy’s David Robinson in 1985-86) • Second-most rebounds (99) in NCAA Tournament history and the most since LaSalle’s Tom Gola had 102 in 1954 • Had 41 more rebounds than any other player in the 2022 NCAA Tournament • Third-most rebounds in the Final Four (36) since 1973 • Fourth-most rebounds in a season in ACC history and the first player with at least 500 since 1956 • Shattered the single-season Tar Heel record with 511 rebounds, 95 more than the previous record set in 2015-16 by Brice Johnson (who had 416 in one more game than Bacot) • Tied the UNC record for 20-rebound games in a season with five and set the school record with 32 games in double figures • Became the first Tar Heel with two 20-rebound NCAA Tournament games • Rebounding average (13.1) was the fifth highest in a season by a Tar Heel and the highest since Cunningham in 1964-65 • Led the ACC in all games by 4.94 rebounds per game (the difference between second place and 20th was 2.1 per game) • Averaged 14.1 rebounds in league play, the most since Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan averaged 14.9 in 1996-97 • Broke Duncan’s previous ACC double-double record (29 in 1996-97) and Johnson’s UNC record (23 in 2015-16) • Set single-game records by a Tar Heel vs. Louisville (22) and Syracuse (18) and tied the all-time mark vs. NC State (18).
Led the nation in double-doubles, was second in offensive rebounding (4.2), third in rebounding and 23rd in field goal percentage (.569) • Led the ACC in rebounding, offensive rebounds and double-doubles, was second in field goal percentage, fifth in blocks and seventh in scoring • Also led UNC in plus/minus at +336.
Scored in double figures 34 times with 20 or more points 11 times • Led Carolina in scoring a team-high 14 times • Made 10 or more field goals six times with a career-high 12 vs. Virginia • Blocked five or more shots four times • Tri-captain • UNC’s Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award • Made the ACC Academic Honor Roll and NABC Honors Court for outstanding grade point average.
Averaged 15.3 points and 16.5 rebounds in six NCAA Tournament games • Set UNC single-game rebound records for regional final, national semifinal and national championship games • Shattered UNC’s single-Tournament record for rebounds with 99 (previous was 69 in six games by Kennedy Meeks in 2017) • Had 38 offensive rebounds (6.3 per game) • Grabbed 15 or more rebounds in the last five games • Tied the UNC record for rebounds in an NCAA Tourney game with 22 vs. Saint Peter’s and became the only Tar Heel with two 20-rebound NCAA games when he had 21 vs. Duke in the national semifinals (Tyler Zeller is the only other Tar Heel ever with 20 or more in an NCAA Tourney game; he had 22 vs. Ohio in 2012) • His 21 rebounds vs. Duke were the most by any player in the Final Four since 2003 and were most ever by a Tar Heel in 21 national semifinals • Became the 12th player in NCAA history with 21 or more rebounds in a Final Four game – the list includes Bill Russell (twice), Elvin Hayes, Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, Elgin Baylor and Artis Gilmore • Drew 39 fouls in the six games.
Had 10 straight double-doubles from Furman through Virginia Tech, the most by a Tar Heel since Cunningham had 10 in a row in 1964-65, which tied the fourth-longest streak by a Tar Heel • Thirteen-straight games with 10 or more rebounds was the third-longest in UNC history and the longest since John Henson’s 15 in 2010-11.
The only three-time ACC Player of the Week in the league this season (all three awards won during conference play) • USBWA National Player of the Week for Jan. 10-16 • First Tar Heel to win three ACC Player-of-the-Week honors in the same season since Luke Maye in 2017-18 • First Tar Heel to score 29 or more points in consecutive games since Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 • First Tar Heel with at least 29 points and 12 rebounds in consecutive games since Charlie Scott in 1970 • Joined Scott, Cunningham and Rosenbluth as the only Tar Heels ever with at least 29 and 12 in consecutive games • Second Tar Heel to have multiple 20-rebound games in Smith Center history (he had two this season, 22 vs. Virginia and 20 vs. Virginia Tech; May had three).
”According to Armando Bacot biography on goheels.com”
As a senior in 2022-2023 season Armando Bacot averaged 15.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists while shooting 55.4 %
“According to espnapp”
Though, Armando Bacot was a senior at North Carolina in 2022-2023 Armando Bacot is remaining at North Carolina where he is going to use 5th season of eligibility in 2023-2024 season.
Armando Bacot had this to say to Stadium about using 5th season of eligibility!
I’m using my last year of eligibility. I felt the right decision for my future…The primary reason I am coming back is because I don’t want to leave North Carolina this way. But I also know I need to improve and feel like this is the best place to do that.
“According to article on espnapp”