Bill Self addresses injury to Armando Bacot in first half interview

Midway through the first half, Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self was interviewed and gave his take on his team’s ability to take advantage of Armando Bacot not playing at 100 percent. Here’s what the Kansas head man had to say about North Carolina Tar Heels‘ star bigman.

“We’re trying to play the way we play, but I thought we did a pretty good job of it attacking him when he’s defending on the perimeter. Jalen missed a layup right down there. And David had a couple of good post moves early but even had not 100 percent, he’s still pretty good,” said Self, in the mid-first half interview.

So far in the first half, Bacot has scored five points and brought down three rebounds. Although he is playing well, it is clear to see that he is not 100 percent. Early in the game, Bacot, had his shot blocked on a simple putback by Kansas bigman David McCormick.

College Gameday names their All-NCAA Tournament team featuring Kansas star

Before the national championship game, the ESPN College Gameday crew announced their All-NCAA Tournament team. Despite 68 teams making the original tournament, only three teams are represented, with all of them coming from programs that made the Final Four.

Additionally, four of the five are coming from the Kansas Jayhawks and North Carolina Tar Heels, the two teams competing in Monday night’s title game. The Duke Blue Devils are the sole outlier, getting some representation in the starting five.

Here is the full starting five from the College Gameday crew.

• North Carolina C Armando Bacot
• Duke F Paolo Banchero
• Kansas G Ochai Agbaji
• North Carolina G Caleb Love
• North Carolina G R.J. Davis

The three guards in the All-NCAA Tournament teams have been the best scorers throughout March Madness, especially the North Carolina duo. Davis has been averaging 14.6 points per game, including an incredible 30 point performance against the Baylor Bears. As for Love, he has been in double figures in four of the five games. He dropped 30 against the UCLA Bruins in the Sweet 16 and an incredible 28 against Duke in the Elite Eight.