Armando Bacot Just Fine With Fame, Fortune, And Accolades
Posted Oct 31, 2022
"Before it was pretty bad, especially in North Carolina and Virginia," Armando Bacot said about fans approaching him everywhere he goes. "But now, it’s a national thing. After the Final Four, I went to the Dominican Republic, and I was getting hounded as soon as I got there. After the ‘Outer Banks’ thing, people come up to me every day asking about ‘Outer Banks.’"
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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