Armando Bacot: "I want to leave a legacy here"

Posted Sep 11, 2021
North Carolina junior forward Armando Bacot isn’t coming back to school for another year just to improve his NBA Draft stock. He wants more out of the Carolina experience. "Just looking back at all the alumni that came here, I want to one day be able to bring my family back and say I left an impact here and I want to leave a legacy here," Bacot said. (On3.com)

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