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Sporting News Selects Justin Jackson as First Team All-American

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

As the men’s college basketball awards begin to pour in ahead of the postseason, UNC junior wing Justin Jackson continues to have his name called. Not long after becoming the 14th Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Year,...

ACC Names Justin Jackson Player of the Year, Joel Berry Makes Second Team All-Conference

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Following the conclusion of the ACC men’s basketball regular season on Saturday, the league released its postseason awards selections on Sunday. UNC junior wing Justin Jackson was selected as the conference Player of the...

Berry, Hicks Combine to Carry No. 5 UNC Past No. 17 Duke on Senior Night

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With Michael Jordan back in town to announce a partnership between his Jordan Brand and the UNC football team, the greatest basketball player of all time told fans gathered at the Dean Dome that, “The ceiling is the...

Wooden Award Top 15 Revealed, Justin Jackson Included

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

On ESPN’s College Gameday show Saturday morning–which was hosted live at the Smith Center–the Los Angeles Athletic Club revealed its 2017 National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award, given annually to the top...

Naismith Award Includes Justin Jackson in Top 10 Semifinalists

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 1, 2017 | UNC Sports

Justin Jackson came to Chapel Hill two years ago with a thin, wiry 6-foot-8 frame and gobs of untapped potential. Now as a junior wing for head coach Roy Williams, Jackson has blossomed into the player many expected him to be...

No. 23 Virginia Upsets No. 5 UNC, Holds Tar Heels to Lowest Point Total in Roy Williams Era

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With a chance to clinch an outright ACC regular season title Monday night in Charlottesville against No. 23 Virginia, the fifth-ranked Tar Heels put together an atrocious offensive performance in a 53-43 loss to the Cavaliers....

Justin Jackson Named ACC Player of the Week

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Throughout UNC’s path to the top of the ACC standings this season, junior wing Justin Jackson has firmly established himself as the Tar Heels’ most dangerous threat on the offensive end. The rangy, 6-foot-8 native of...

UNC Whacks Pitt, Inches Closer to Outright ACC Regular Season Title

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The eighth-ranked UNC men’s basketball team came one step closer to repeating as ACC regular season champions on Saturday, going on the road and defeating the Pitt Panthers 85-67. Holding a two-game lead in the conference...

UNC Handles No. 7 Louisville in Top 10 Showdown at the Dean Dome, Now Two Games Clear Atop ACC Standings

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 22, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

In a physical battle between the top two teams in the ACC–both in the standings and the AP Top 25–the eighth-ranked Tar Heels defeated the No. 7 Louisville Cardinals 74-63 at the Smith Center on Wednesday night....

Jackson Leads UNC’s 65-41 Domination of No. 14 Virginia

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 19, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

All week long, the talk surrounding Saturday’s top-15 showdown between No. 10 UNC and No. 14 Virginia at the Smith Center focused on the fact that something had to give in a matchup between the ACC’s top offense and its top...

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