UNC Basketball: Bacot named CBS Sports Preseason All-American

The UNC basketball star has been tabbed as a Preseason All-American by CBS Sports heading into the 2023-2024 college basketball season.

Heading into his final season with the UNC basketball program, expectations are sky-high for star big man Armando Bacot.

The country knows how dominant the fifth-year senior could be, as CBS Sports tabbed him as one of its Preseason All-Americans for the upcoming 2023-2024 season.

Bacot earned first-team honors, as the squad of five players is big-man-heavy. The other first-team selections include Zach Edey of Purdue, Tyler Kolek of Marquette, Hunter Dickinson of Kansas, and Kyle Filipowski of Duke.

The Tar Heels star has been a double-double machine, averaging double-figures in points and rebounds in each of the past two seasons. Although his numbers took a bit of a dip a season ago, Bacot was still a matchup nightmare for opposing squads, even while dealing with various injuries.

With a clean bill of health (knock on wood) heading into the new season, Bacot has some more business to take care of before his time in Chapel Hill comes to an end. Although he’ll continue to climb up the UNC basketball program’s all-time leaderboards, Bacot’s biggest goal for the next few months is to lead the Tar Heels back to the NCAA Tournament in hopes of making a run to the Final Four, similar to his junior season on campus.

Bacot and the UNC basketball program will begin the 2023-2024 season on November 6 as they’ll host Radford in non-conference action at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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