Senior wing Leaky Black became the second UNC player in three days to announce his intention to return to school next season, after teammate Armando Bacot did so on Wednesday. The 2022-23 season will be Black’s final year of collegiate eligibility.
Black’s announcement on Twitter kicked off a wave of social media celebration from fans, analysts, teammates and coaches.
To God be all the glory!!🙌🏾 Proud of you son! @RechonBlack #RunItBackThen! pic.twitter.com/p3uFkEaM9N
— Carla B, Proud Principal (@ChewydstCarla) April 15, 2022
The sun is shining.
Armando Bacot is returning.
And today, we learned that Leaky Black is returning.It’s a great day to be a Tar Heel.
— UNC Humor (@UNC_Humor) April 15, 2022
Armando Bacot finished second in ACC POY voting.
Leaky Black finished third in ACC DPOY voting.
And UNC, of course, finished as the National Runner-Up.
Armando is back, Leaky is back.. we doing a revenge tour next season
— UNC Humor (@UNC_Humor) April 15, 2022
Another one @RechonBlack pic.twitter.com/u817EVfpBQ
— Tate Frazier (@tatefrazier) April 15, 2022
Proud of you Slim ❤️ @RechonBlack https://t.co/yKjX6aMBN9
— Sean May (@BigMay42) April 15, 2022
Both Armando Bacot and Leaky Black have officially announced their plans to return to North Carolina next season.
As long as Caleb Love does the same, the Tar Heels will be FIRST in the ROTHSTEIN 45.https://t.co/yn3OdoEA1n
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 15, 2022
Leaky Black back for UNC. Huge week for the Tar Heels. https://t.co/SLczvyGfuF
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 15, 2022
https://t.co/eawypuiLuu pic.twitter.com/uuiIWJL3pm
— Rivers Upchurch (@RiversUpchurch) April 15, 2022
more like Leaky BACK https://t.co/jbi9SaAZwu
— bert (@brettlive) April 15, 2022
Bacot and Leaky back for UNC. Some would say…
All they need is Love.
— Taylor Vippolis (@tvippolis) April 15, 2022
No UNC player ever dealt w/ the public vitriol that Leaky Black did.
Injuries, poor coaching, & zero roster continuity made him an unfair target
But Leaky is everything that’s right about UNC basketball and is vital to *any* success that UNC had or will have
Welcome back.
— Jake Lawrence (@TheRealestRJL) April 15, 2022
strap season🔒proud of you killa! https://t.co/B89J4suezc
— Caleb Love (@caleb2love) April 15, 2022
Run it back gang get the band back together 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/8ETZ8zIe9R
— Armando Bacot Jr. (@iget_buckets35) April 15, 2022
Featured image via Todd Melet
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