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Trinity Episcopal's Armando Bacot is a star, all of a sudden

Armando Bacot '19 is on a path to basketball prominence with the help of his coaches and supportive team members. Read how he's turned hard work and teamwork into a newsworthy season.
 
By ERIC KOLENICH
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Feb 22, 2017

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Bacot is 16 years old, but capable of talking politics, sports or old movies. He knows a bit about everything. In so many ways, he is ahead of his time.

He’s 6-foot-9, a sophomore and already one of the Richmond area’s premier players. He averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds, and he’s gotten scholarship offers from Virginia, Florida State and Miami. North Carolina and Duke have shown interest in him, but haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

And it’s all happened almost overnight. Bacot wasn’t a star last year. He wasn’t even a starter most of the season.

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Ranked No. 2 in The Times-Dispatch Top 10, the Titans are 30-1. Their only loss came to L.C. Bird, the area’s No. 1 team. Trinity hosts Collegiate on Friday in the Prep League semifinals.

After the season, Jacobs will graduate. So will point guard Aaron Duhart, who’s bound for Army. But Bacot has two more years, perhaps to grow a little more, dunk a little higher and give more glimpses of just how good he can get. The guys at Trinity hope what they’re seeing now is just the beginning.

“I’m excited to watch him in the future and see what happens,” Jacobs said.
 
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