The 2021-22 UNC Basketball season was full of ups and downs in Hubert Davis’ first year. He did land a good transfer class with Brady Manek, Dawson Garcia, and Justin McKoy which helped the roster.
But one of the lows in the season was Garcia leaving the team early on in ACC play. The forward went back to Minnesota as he was dealing with family issues. While we don’t know the full story of what exactly happened, his former teammate Armando Bacot talked about the departure a little bit.
Here is what Bacot said during a recent interview on Theo Pinson’s “Run Your Race” podcast:
“We started Dawson (over Brady Manek) because, at the time, he was supposed to go to the league,” Bacot said during a recent interview with Theo Pinson on the Run Your Race podcast via Inside Carolina. “He had a lot of stuff going for him. He was skilled. He was a good player, but he didn’t realize what Carolina was all about. He didn’t realize that if you play a bad game, they are going to tell you about it. A lot of that stuff was tough for him. He had a lot of family stuff going on. Then Coach Davis began starting Brady, and then after that, he just got his s*** and left.”
That’s interesting.
There were reports of family issues that Garcia had to attend to in Minnesota, then he ultimately made the decision to stay there and not return to the program. Garcia then transferred out and committed to the Gophers to continue his NBA career.
It appeared to work out in the end for UNC as Manek helped lead UNC to a Final Four run.
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