Dick Vitale Picks Armando Bacot For ACC Player Of The Year

Posted Mar 2, 2022
Dick Vitale's ACC Player of the Year: Armando Bacot, North Carolina; Coach of the Year: Steve Forbes, Wake Forest; The Demon Deacons went from 6-16 last season to winning over 20 games this season, which helped make my choice. Bacot has been a double-double machine all season, keeping the Tar Heels in the hunt for an NCAA Tournament bid. (ESPN.com)

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