Armando Linwood Bacot Jr. is an American college basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tar Heels (11-6, 3-3 ACC) lost Armando Bacot to an injury in the opening minutes and fell to 0-4 in road games this season. The Cavaliers (12-3, 4-2) have won eight in a row against UNC in Charlottesville.
Bacot was considered a five-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals, and a four-star recruit by 247Sports. On August 16, 2018, Bacot committed to playing college basketball for North Carolina over offers from Duke, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Villanova, and VCU.
What happened with Armando Bacot?
The Tar Heels were dealt a devastating blow out of the gate when double-double machine Armando Bacot left the game with an ankle injury. At the 18:42 mark of the first half, Bacot appeared to roll his left ankle. He left the game and didn’t return.
Bacot, the ACC’s leading scorer and rebounder at 18.8 points and 11.2 boards per game, sat on the bench wearing a team sweatsuit in the second half. Justin McKoy and Jalen Washington picked up most of Bacot’s minutes off the bench.
