Jim Jackson is an NCAA basketball analyst for Westwood One, having joined the network for the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
Jackson is one of the greatest college basketball players of his generation. A McDonald’s All-American, Jim was a two-time Consensus First Team All-American and two-time Big Ten Player of the Year at Ohio State.
After his exemplary collegiate career, Jim was the fourth overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. His NBA career spanned 14 years and 12 teams (tied for a league record); he scored over 12,000 points, finishing fifth in the league in scoring in 1994-95.
Upon retirement, Jim landed a job as the Lead College Basketball Analyst for The Big Ten Network, a role he still holds. He’s since added to his broadcasting resume becoming the Lead College Basketball Analyst on FOX Sports College Basketball, in addition to a main role on FOX Sports 1’s College Basketball & NBA studio coverage.
Jim Jackson's Posts
06 April 2021
INDIANAPOLIS – The Baylor Bears are champions of the men’s college basketball world for the first time in program history. The Big 12 member dominated Gonzaga in Monday night’s National Championship Game, winning 86-70 at Lucas Oil…
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04 April 2021
It will go down as one of the best games in Final Four history. Overtime. A game-tying shot with four seconds to play in OT. A game-winning shot at the buzzer. Tied at 90 with less than four seconds to play in overtime, Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs etched his name…
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09 April 2019
It’ll be remembered as a story of redemption. And it’ll be remembered as one of the best in National Championship Game history as Virginia edged Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime on Monday night in Minneapolis. After the Cavaliers tied the score at 68 when De’Andre Hunter made a three-pointer with…
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07 April 2019
With a combined 15 lead changes and 10 ties, the Final Four once again delivered on Saturday night in Minneapolis. In the night’s first game, Virginia edged Auburn, 63-62, after Virginia’s Kyle Guy knocked down three free throws with less than one second to go following a controversial foul call.…
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29 March 2019
Despite leading by as many as 18 points in the second half, Purdue needed overtime to get past Tennessee, 99-94, to advance to the Sweet 16 on Thursday night in Louisville. Meanwhile, top-seed Virginia battled with Oregon to move on to the Elite 8, 53-49, after a superb defensive effort.…
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24 March 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA – Third-seeded Michigan used a pair of second-half runs to build double-digit leads over ninth-seeded Florida State, but the Seminoles just would not go away. Finally, though, a pair of Duncan Robinson free throws put the Wolverines up four with 21 seconds to play, and John Beilein’s…
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23 March 2018
ATLANTA, GA – With the South Regional squarely up for grabs at the beginning of the night, the basketball at Philips Arena surely did not disappoint on Thursday night. In the night’s first game, the 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago Ramblers continued to roll on with a 69-68 win over 7th-seeded Nevada. Then,…
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11 March 2018
If you missed our Selection Sunday show with Jason Horowitz, John Thompson and Jim Jackson, you can listen to the show below. Among the many guests that called in are North Carolina’s Roy Williams, Kansas’s Bill Self, Villanova’s Jay Wright, Gonzaga’s Mark Few and many more. Listen to the whole…
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