Armando Bacot.Photo:Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
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University of North Carolina basketball star Armando Bacot has a few words for the bettors after receiving more than 100 direct messages from angry fans following his team’s NCAA Tournament win over Michigan State.
“It’s terrible,”Bacot told reporterson Wednesday about sports betting, per the Tar Hill Tribune. “Even at the last game, I guess I didn’t get enough rebounds or something. I thought I played pretty good last game, but I looked at my DMs, and I got, like, over 100 messages from people telling me I sucked and stuff like that because I didn’t get enough rebounds.”
Yet as the Tar Heels prepare to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the forward said he understands the other perspective as well.
“I think it’s definitely a little out of hand. But at the same time too, I get the point of it too,” Bacot, 24, said. “Like, if you bet a lot of money on something, and you’re, like, one pick away and somebody messes it up, I understand the part of fans being made. But it’s annoying, too, at times.”
On Saturday, Bacot helped assuage his own fans’ nerves, after hitting five three-pointers and finishing with 17 points and seven rebounds in the 85-69 win over the No. 9 Spartans.
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Baker’s statement comes as the NBA is dealing with its own controversy surrounding prop bets.The league confirmed to ESPNon Monday that it was investigating prop bets involving Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter.
source: people.com
