North Carolina At Chapel Hill

It’s the 12th week of the 2022-23 North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball roster summer preview series. We have gone through the freshmen (Seth Trimble, Jalen Washington, Tyler Nickel, Will Shaver), the transfer (Pete Nance), the sophomores (D’Marco Dunn, Dontrez Styles), and the juniors (Puff Johnson, RJ Davis, Caleb Love). Last week we started the seniors with Justin McKoy. Next up is Armando Bacot a 6’11”, 235-pound center from Richmond, Virginia.

Bacot had strong and steady showings in his first two seasons as a Tar Heel, but he found an entirely new level in 2021-22. As a junior, Bacot demolished Carolina’s single season rebounding and double-double records.

Previously, Brice Johnson was the only Tar Heel to grab 400-plus rebounds in a single season. Bacot finished with 511. That total gives him 1,001 rebounds in his career, just the tenth UNC player to ever do so. Tyler Hansbrough holds the all-timer career Carolina record at 1,219, a record well within Bacot’s reach this season.

It was also Johnson that Bacot unseated in taking the Carolina single-season double-double record. Johnson had 23 in 2015-16; Bacot finished with 31 last season. That total tied David Robinson’s NCAA all-time single-season mark. With 49 career double-doubles, Bacot should easily become the all-time leader, passing Billy Cunningham’s 60.

Looking ahead, Bacot will once again be a starter alongside the remaining other three of the Iron Five – Caleb Love, RJ Davis, and Leaky Black. Pete Nance projects to be the fifth starter, stepping in for Manek.

When Bacot needs to be spelled, I expect Nance to shift over to the five and Puff Johnson to come in as the four. There are certainly other combinations that Coach Hubert Davis will employ, but that should be the predominant substitution pattern for Bacot.

Host Isaac Schade and Coach Pac Kilby take you through Bacot’s game as well as expectations for the upcoming season.

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