One Thing is for Sure, Armando Bacot Will Watch the Big Dance This Year

Posted Mar 20, 2024
While the rest of the college basketball world watched and marveled at an upset-filled NCAA Tournament last year, that resulted in no team higher than a four seed reaching the Final Four, one noteworthy member of the hoops community paid it no attention. Armando Bacot chose to not watch. "I just couldn’t watch it, honestly," Bacot said Wednesday. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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