UNC sophomore Armando Bacot returns to a deep group of post players at North Carolina. Bacot discusses the team, as well as his offseason work with Ed Davis and Tyler Hansbrough
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00:00 Yeah, I mean, just coming into this year,
00:02 we got so many new guys.
00:03 I mean, and we obviously lost a good amount of seniors last year.
00:07 I know this year I have to step up and just teach some of the younger guys
00:11 ways that things are done and just making sure just like, let's say Walker and
00:16 De'Ron, they don't make the same mistakes I made my freshman year.
00:19 Yeah, I mean, it's been great.
00:20 I mean, I can honestly say after every practice this year,
00:22 like everyone is just completely dead tired because I mean,
00:25 we out there all competing.
00:28 De'Ron's very physical, Walker's very skilled.
00:30 So just playing against two different type of bigs, it's been great for me.
00:35 >> Yeah.
00:36 >> Just my approach, just some of the words he was giving me about,
00:39 obviously he came back his sophomore year and just how we had a different approach
00:43 and just taking everything more serious and not taking anything for granted.
00:46 That's one of the big things I took away from him.
00:48 I mean, obviously, he's been in the league for a long time.
00:50 And one of the things he do on the street is he play on two feet a lot.
00:53 So he always like jump stopping and under control.
00:56 And that's something I learned from him just getting into a jump start to get into
00:59 the jump hook versus just trying to like run people over and
01:02 possibly getting charges and things like that.
01:05 Yeah, I mean, it's crazy.
01:06 I mean, I remember as a little kid watching Tyler Harris runs and
01:09 seeing how good he is and then just actually being on the floor with him is
01:12 kind of crazy.
01:13 I mean, y'all know how psycho T is.
01:15 He's just so physical and it's just like, he always trying to go through your chest
01:19 every play.
01:19 So it's like, you just gotta be prepared.
01:23 Try to not get a tooth knocked out or something.
01:26 >> Yeah, I mean, it's gonna be great.
01:27 We've been switching up the lineup every day in practice.
01:29 So everybody, all the bigs have been able to like mix in with each other and
01:33 stuff like that.
01:34 So, I mean, it's been great.
01:35 We all got different strengths and weaknesses and we all play well together.
01:38 So it's been great and just us being able to all be rested and
01:42 just come in and play hard for the time that we're in.
01:45 Thank you, it'll be great.