Ian Jackson is scoring in way UNC basketball hasn’t seen from a freshman since Tyler Hansbrough played for the Tar Heels. He’s also striving to improve in other areas of the game.

Ian Jackson had 20 points and seven rebounds, his sixth 20-point game in the last seven games, to lead the North Carolina Tar Heels to a resounding 79-53 Atlantic Coast Conference win over the California Golden Bears on Wednesday in Chapel Hill,

If the North Carolina Tar Heels didn't have Ian Jackson on their basketball roster, I feel confident saying they wouldn't have a winning record this season. UNC entered its CBS Sports Classic battle against UCLA with a 6-5 record,

Ian Jackson scored 20 points, Elliot Cadeau added 15 and North Carolina defeated California 79-53. Five players scored for the Tar Heels in a 15-0 run that turned a nine-point lead into a 63-39 rout with a little under eight minutes remaining in the second half.

Reflecting on his time as a player at North Carolina, as an assistant coach on the Tar Heels staff and now as the program's head coach, Hubert Davis said he