Armando Bacot Named Top-10 Candidate For Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award

Posted Feb 11, 2023
North Carolina's Armando Bacot is one of 10 players to be named as a candidate for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. In its ninth year, the award is aimed to honor the nation’s top center in Division I men’s college basketball. Earlier in the week, the UNC basketball standout earned a spot on the National Player of the Year Midseason Team. (Keeping It Heel)

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