Justin Jackson is the reigning ACC Player of the Year.
He had his best individual game of 2016-17 in what was the most talked-about regular-season game of the year. Yet no one outside North Carolina much remembers Jackson’s 34 points against Kentucky.
“Because Malik Monk had 47,” Jackson said Saturday.
When No. 2 seed Kentucky (32-5) faces No. 1 North Carolina (30-7) in the NCAA Tournament South Region finals Sunday at 5:05 p.m. in FedExForum, one Tar Heels player stands as the biggest threat to UK’s aspirations for an 18th Final Four trip.
The 6-foot-8, 210-pound Jackson is exactly the kind of player that has confounded Kentucky this year.