The stories that emerge from the Duke basketball rivalry with the North Carolina Tar Heels never cease to amaze the two fan bases.

Just months after Armando Bacot’s career ends in Chapel Hill and he is preparing for the NBA Summer League, where he will be teammates with Blue Devil forward

The stories that emerge from the Duke basketball rivalry with the North Carolina Tar Heels never cease to amaze the two fan bases.

Just months after Armando Bacot’s career ends in Chapel Hill and he is preparing for the NBA Summer League, where he will be teammates with Blue Devil forward Kyle Filipowski, the Tar Heel star admitted he was the biggest Duke basketball fan growing up.

“I grew up a Duke fan,” he said on a recent episode of Run Your Race, a podcast hosted by former UNC wing Theo Pinson, who also admitted he grew up a fan of the Blue Devils.

“Committing to Carolina for me was crazy,” Bacot explained.

Despite his apprehension, he shined in Chapel Hill playing five years for the Tar Heels and averaging 13.9 points and 10.1 rebounds for his career while being named as a two-time Third Team All-American and two-time First Team All-ACC selection.

Bacot explained that he went to Duke basketball camps as a child and idolized Jahlil Okafor, a 2015 National Champion and No. 3 overall pick in the NBA Draft, as well as Jabari Parker.

“I would never admit it, but I’ll admit it now,” he joked. “I’m not in college now.”

“I grew up a Duke fan. Hated Carolina.”

, the Tar Heel star admitted he was the biggest Duke basketball fan growing up.

“I grew up a Duke fan,” he said on a recent episode of Run Your Race, a podcast hosted by former UNC wing Theo Pinson, who also admitted he grew up a fan of the Blue Devils.

“Committing to Carolina for me was crazy,” Bacot explained.

Despite his apprehension, he shined in Chapel Hill playing five years for the Tar Heels and averaging 13.9 points and 10.1 rebounds for his career while being named as a two-time Third Team All-American and two-time First Team All-ACC selection.

Bacot explained that he went to Duke basketball camps as a child and idolized Jahlil Okafor, a 2015 National Champion and No. 3 overall pick in the NBA Draft, as well as Jabari Parker.

“I would never admit it, but I’ll admit it now,” he joked. “I’m not in college now.”

“I grew up a Duke fan. Hated Carolina.”