I hope that this article is outdated by Saturday at 3:15pm when UNC basketball announces that Armando Bacot is healthy and in the starting lineup. I hope he goes for a double-double and helps crush Georgia Tech to get Carolina’s season back on track.
But if Bacot’s injuries — to either his ankle or his shoulder — are severe enough to keep him out of Hubert Davis’ lineup for any appreciable amount of time, how will Carolina cope? It won’t be easy, as there isn’t a facsimile of him in the country, much less on the team.
Hubert Davis will need to replace a ton of rebounding, which probably means putting more, not less, size on the court.