Justin Jackson isn’t worried about Michael Malone’s first Carolina team after a 76–58 exhibition loss at Indiana that left some fans uneasy.
Jackson said on the “Tar Heel Tribune Podcast” that the setting matters, as does Indiana’s veteran, physical front line. It was also the first game in a road environment for a roster that had played only one other exhibition, an 88–70 win over Southern Cal in Greensboro.
“I think when you take all of that into consideration, I’m not as worried as the average fan might be,” said Jackson, a member of the 2017 national championship team whose No. 44 hangs from the Smith Center rafters as an honored jersey…