.Cassidy_Rob's Twitter mailbag includes questions surrounding Arkansas, Louisville, NIL and whether five-star Ian Jackson will flip from UNC to St. John's:
front, which admittedly isn’t much right now. I texted with somebody in the know this week about this rumor, and that person said, and I quote “he was still all UNC [Tuesday] and shot everything down , but he’s open to hearing about it now.”
The source said he didn’t have any idea if a flip would actually take place but did point out that the rumor isn’t totally unfounded, even if it still feels like a long shot as things stand today. That’s all to say conversations have taken place. This wasn’t pulled out of thin air, but it’s not something I’d sweat on March 23. This whole rumor seems to be founded on passing conversations for the time being.
Now, let’s get into conjecture. My gut says Jackson will sign with North Carolina based on simple logic as well as the fact that I know first hand how much the recruiting process and the attention that came with it bothered Jackson. I just can’t see him pulling the trigger on something like this and inviting a tsunami of attention that bothered him so much a few months back.
Even with Pitino in the driver’s seat, a flip from North Carolina to St. John’s is a risky proposition, and Jackson isn't the type of prospect that needs to take that kind of risk. That said, I’ve seen stranger things happen. I wouldn’t dismiss it entirely, but I wouldn’t start losing sleep just yet. Nothing is imminent.
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