Ian Jackson has been in the spotlight since a very young age because of his basketball excellence. He takes everything in stride and no moment appears too big for the Bronx native, not even returning to New York to join a St. John’s program that has National Championship aspirations.
“I don’t really think pressure is an issue,” Jackson said on Thursday afternoon at St. John’s media day. “I kind of accept pressure.”
But his head coach had a different outlook on the North Carolina transfer joining the Johnnies.
“I was really concerned this summer,” Rick Pitino explained.