GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina junior forward/center Armando Bacot has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week, while Duke forward Paolo Banchero earned Freshman of the Week in the ACC's weekly men's basketball honors for Jan. 17.
Bacot claimed ACC Player of the Week honors for the second straight week and became the first Tar Heel to repeat since Joel Berry II on Jan. 9 and 16, 2017. Banchero was named Freshman of the Week for the fourth time this season.
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.