Armando Bacot (2024) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Armando Bacot

Induction:
2024
Class:
2024

2024— Armando Bacot: Men's Basketball (Richmond, Va.)
Broke Carolina’s all-time records for rebounds (1,715), double-doubles (87) and offensive rebounds (593), is UNC’s second-leading scorer (2,347 points), is one of two Tar Heels to average a career double-double in scoring and rebounding in the last 50 years and became the fourth player named Carolina’s Most Valuable Player three times with Lennie Rosenbluth, Billy Cunningham and Tyler Hansbrough.

The 33rd men’s basketball player to win a Patterson Medal, Bacot shattered UNC’s single-season rebound record with 511 in 2021-22, when he also tied David Robinson’s NCAA record for double-doubles with 31. He was named Most Outstanding Player in the East Regional, became the first player in NCAA Tournament history to record double-doubles in all six games in one season and grabbed 22 rebounds to lead the Tar Heels to a win over Duke in the national semifinals in the first-ever meeting between UNC and the Blue Devils in NCAA Tournament history. He holds UNC records for the most rebounds in the Elite 8, national semifinal and championship games and tied Tim Duncan and Hakeem Olajuwon’s NCAA Tournament record with seven consecutive double-doubles.

Bacot earned first-team All-ACC and All-America honors in 2022, 2023 and 2024. He finished his career tied with Duncan for the most double-doubles in ACC history and second most in NCAA history. He played in three wins at Duke and is No. 2 in the ACC and No. 8 in NCAA history in career rebounds.