Armando Bacot On Why Dawson Garcia Suddenly Left UNC in 2021-22
Posted Jul 8, 2024
"We started Dawson Garcia over Brady Manek because, at the time, he was supposed to go to the league," Armando Bacot told Theo Pinson on the Run Your Race podcast. "He was a good player but didn't realize what Carolina was all about. He had a lot of family stuff going on. Then Coach Davis began starting Brady, and he just got his (stuff) and left."
(Inside Carolina)
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