Tar Heels to host Yellow Jackets Saturday, honor Justin Jackson

Posted Jan 19, 2018
The North Carolina men's basketball teams hosts the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at 2 p.m. on January 20th at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill. 2017 first-team All-America and ACC Player of the Year Justin Jackson will be honored at halftime. Carolina will officially recognize raising Jackson's No. 44 to the rafters and will also present him with a Patterson Medal. (GoHeels.com)

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