Emerging star Ian Jackson was all smiles in looking ahead to his first UNC basketball clash against the Wolfpack.

In SMU’s first basketball visit to Chapel Hill as an ACC member, the Mustangs arrived leading their new conference in scoring and 3-point shooting, but UNC had plenty to say about that Tuesday.

In its first meeting with SMU as a conference foe, UNC never trailed and rolled to an 82-67 win at the Smith Center on Tuesday night.

The UNC men's basketball team (10-6, 3-1 ACC) dominated the SMU Mustangs (11-4, 2-2 ACC), 82-67, on Tuesday evening at the Dean E. Smith Center.

Throughout their college basketball season, the North Carolina Tar Heels have largely struggled to do two things: play solid defense and good basketball in the first half. On Tuesday night against SMU in a late-night ACC basketball batle,