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Armando Bacot‘s five-year journey at North Carolina allowed him to experience two eras in UNC basketball history with the beginning of Hubert Davis’ tenure and the end of the Roy Williams’. Bacot, who was recruited by Williams out of high school, revealed on a recent episode of ‘Run Your Race’ with Theo Pinson and AJ Richardson that the most important conversation he ever had with Williams came during a one-on-one meeting after Bacot’s freshman season. “He changed my life in that exit meeting,” Bacot said. “It was me, him and Coach [Hubert] Davis and he straight up said he was like, ‘We got Da...
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Even the best players have humbling moments. During an appearance on the “Run Your Race” podcast, former North Carolina standout Armando Bacot revealed his personal “welcome to college” moment, which involved a Tar Heels legend. “I was playing against [Tyler Hansbrough], and obviously I knew T-Hans was a great player, but I didn’t know he was that physical,” Bacot said. “I went and blocked his shot, then like the next play, he just went through me. “I had to go to the hospital, stitches, all that. He didn’t say sorry or nothing. He just kept going. I probably said a little something [after I b...
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Saint Peter’s took the college basketball world by storm in the 2022 NCAA Tournament before running into Armando Bacot and North Carolina in the Elite 8. Up until that point, the Peacocks had pulled off huge upsets against Kentucky, Murray State and Purdue as a No. 15 seed. The magical run for the Peacocks came to an end in the Elite 8 as they suffered a blowout loss to North Carolina in a game that got out of hand early. Bacot, who had an incredibly productive career during his time at North Carolina, recently spoke with the Run Your Race podcast about the 2022 NCAA Tournament and that Saint ...
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Like most North Carolina greats, some of the most memorable games for Armando Bacot are wins against Duke. Bacot helped the Tar Heels take down their bitter rival twice in 2021-22, including during the final home game for legendary Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski. The 6-foot-11 big man recalled the mindset going into that matchup on a recent appearance on the Run You Race podcast. The Tar Heels entered riding a four-game winning streak but were still on the NCAA Tournament bubble. However, coach Hubert Davis found a way to motivate his squad heading into the contest, which was set to be an e...
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Roy Williams leaving North Carolina was a monumental moment in college basketball. One of the greatest coaches to ever do it was stepping away from the game, leaving a premier job in college basketball open. At the time, there were questions about the UNC roster, wondering who would stay and who would go. Originally, Armando Bacot was a player slated to leave Chapel Hill. He recently revealed so on Theo Pinson‘s podcast Run Your Race. North Carolina even informed the big man of Williams’ retirement beforehand, hoping to convince him to stay out of the NCAA transfer portal. “I was going to tran...
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Armando Bacot is one of the newest members of the Utah Jazz organization, but his five-year career at North Carolina will live on forever in the record books. Currently, it’s living on his in checkbook, too. During his time in Chapel Hill, Bacot worked alongside notable companies like Intuit TurboTax, Topps and Wingstop, among several others. Now that he’s out of college, Bacot decided to peel back the curtain on what NIL looks like for a top talent at a destination school. “$2 million plus — but I’m saying that humbly, though,” Bacot told Theo Pinson and AJ Richardson on the Run Your Race pod...
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The Duke–North Carolina rivalry in basketball is one of the biggest in all of sports at any level. Highlighted by two premier college basketball programs that are just 10 miles apart with history against one another that dates back to 1920. You’ll never catch a Duke fan rooting for the Tar Heels and vice versa, but one North Carolina player found himself rooting for the Blue Devils in some strange circumstances during last year’s NCAA Tournament. NC State went on a historic postseason run last year that took them all the way to the Final Four. Which included an ACC Tournament Championship win ...
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North Carolina infielder Jackson Van De Brake has entered the NCAA transfer portal with a “do not contact” tag. He spent the past two seasons with the Tar Heels after beginning his career at Tacoma (WA) Community College. De Brake appeared in 48 games with 20 starts this past season. He managed 17 hits, including one home run with 11 RBI as he posted a .213 batting average. Try Fubo for FREE today and don’t miss any of the action! This story will be updated. The post North Carolina infielder Jackson Van De Brake enters NCAA transfer portal with do not contact tag appeared first on On3.
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Armando Bacot just wrapped up a collegiate career that saw him become an all-time player at North Carolina. However, it apparently could have swung in the complete opposite direction down Tobacco Road. Bacot spoke about his history with both the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils during an appearance on ‘Run Your Race’ with Theo Pinson. In their conversation, he admitted to being a big Duke fan growing up and hating UNC, which makes his time in Chapel Hill that much more interesting to think about. “Even committing to Carolina, for me, was crazy because – a lot of people don’t know this. I grew up ...
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Sean Taylor was one of the all-time greats in the game of football. His legacy lives on years after he tragically passed away. And on Thursday evening, his daughter let everyone know she was going to continue to honor him, by wearing one of his old numbers, No. 21, for UNC volleyball. Jackie Taylor was born in May of 2006, a few months after Sean Taylor finished his second season with the Washington Redskins. Taylor died in November of 2007, at the age of 24 years old. He was shot in the leg after a group of people broke into his house. The bullet ended up damaging the femoral artery, which ca...
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