Armando Bacot, North Carolina system an ideal marriage
Posted Jul 1, 2019
Few coaches are as good at developing big men as North Carolina’s Roy Williams. And Williams should have some tremendous raw clay to work with in center Armando Bacot. Somewhat lost in the late season excitement that brought the Tar Heels Cole Anthony and two impact graduate transfers, Bacot represented the biggest recruit for UNC to that point.
(247 Sports)
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