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Armando Bacot
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Bacot Named ACC Player Of The Week For Fifth Time
January 9, 2023 | Men's Basketball
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina senior center/forward Armando Bacot was named Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, while Louisville guard/forward Mike James was selected as the ACC Rookie of the Week. Bacot earned Player of the Week honors for the second time this season (Dec. 19).
Bacot has won ACC Player of the Week five times, which equals the fourth most all-time by a Tar Heel with Joel Berry II, Michael Jordan, Luke Maye, Mike O'Koren and Marcus Paige. Only Antawn Jamison (ACC-record 12), Tyler Hansbrough (11) and Phil Ford (6) have won the award more than Bacot.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Bacot averaged 21.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 blocks in leading UNC to wins over Wake Forest and Notre Dame. He scored 21 points with a game-high nine rebounds and a season-best five assists and no turnovers in an 88-79 win over Wake Forest on Wednesday. He then was the top scorer and rebounder on both teams with 21 points and 13 rebounds (six offensive) plus four assists and two blocks in the 81-64 win over Notre Dame on Saturday, registering his 58th career double-double and 18th career 20/10 game. He passed Sam Perkins in the Notre Dame game for second place in UNC career annals in rebounds (1,169).
2022-23 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors
Nov. 14 – Nate Laszewski, Gr., F, Notre Dame
Nov. 21 – Reece Beekman, Jr., G, Virginia
Nov. 28 – Jarkel Joiner, Gr., G, NC State
Dec. 5 – Justyn Mutts, Gr., F, Virginia Tech
Dec. 12 – Isaiah Wong, Jr., G, Miami
Dec. 19 – Armando Bacot, Sr., C/F, North Carolina
Dec. 27 – Isaiah Wong, Jr., G, Miami; Blake Hinson, Jr., F, Pitt
Jan. 2 – Hunter Tyson, Gr., F, Clemson; Jamarius Burton, Gr., G, Pitt
Jan. 9 – Armando Bacot, Sr., C/F, North Carolina
Bacot has won ACC Player of the Week five times, which equals the fourth most all-time by a Tar Heel with Joel Berry II, Michael Jordan, Luke Maye, Mike O'Koren and Marcus Paige. Only Antawn Jamison (ACC-record 12), Tyler Hansbrough (11) and Phil Ford (6) have won the award more than Bacot.
ACC men's basketball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a 15-member media panel and announced on Mondays throughout the regular season.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Bacot averaged 21.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 blocks in leading UNC to wins over Wake Forest and Notre Dame. He scored 21 points with a game-high nine rebounds and a season-best five assists and no turnovers in an 88-79 win over Wake Forest on Wednesday. He then was the top scorer and rebounder on both teams with 21 points and 13 rebounds (six offensive) plus four assists and two blocks in the 81-64 win over Notre Dame on Saturday, registering his 58th career double-double and 18th career 20/10 game. He passed Sam Perkins in the Notre Dame game for second place in UNC career annals in rebounds (1,169).
2022-23 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors
Nov. 14 – Nate Laszewski, Gr., F, Notre Dame
Nov. 21 – Reece Beekman, Jr., G, Virginia
Nov. 28 – Jarkel Joiner, Gr., G, NC State
Dec. 5 – Justyn Mutts, Gr., F, Virginia Tech
Dec. 12 – Isaiah Wong, Jr., G, Miami
Dec. 19 – Armando Bacot, Sr., C/F, North Carolina
Dec. 27 – Isaiah Wong, Jr., G, Miami; Blake Hinson, Jr., F, Pitt
Jan. 2 – Hunter Tyson, Gr., F, Clemson; Jamarius Burton, Gr., G, Pitt
Jan. 9 – Armando Bacot, Sr., C/F, North Carolina
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