UNC recruiting prize Ian Jackson says he once had a brief conversation with Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer.
Ian Jackson explained in the latest episode of his Captain Jack Podcast that he went from leaning heavily toward Kentucky to committing to UNC in January 2023 due to the trust and respect he gained for Tar Heel head coach Hubert Davis. Evidently, the five-star McDonald's All-American guard out of Our Saviour Lutheran wasn't too inviting to Davis' Duke basketball counterpart in Jon Scheyer.
During the following sitdown with Complex Sports leading up to the McDonald's All-American Game in early April, Ian Jackson and fellow UNC signee Drake Powell, a five-star forward, battled two of Duke basketball's incoming five-star forwards in willing smack-talkers and defenders of all things Blue Devil Cooper Flagg and Isaiah Evans:Jackson, No. 8 on the 247Sports 2024 Composite, is the top-ranked piece in a three-deep UNC recruiting haul; Powell ranks No. 11 overall.
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