VCU Rams Basketball Player Zeb Jackson Has Been Removed From Team Roster Due To His..,

Jackson spoke to MLive outside VCU’s locker room inside Ball Arena, where the Rams, an 11 seed, will face 6 seed BYU on Thursday at approximately 4:05 p.m. ET on TNT. The winner will advance to face the Wisconsin-Montana winner.

Michigan is also in Denver, as the 5 seed facing 12 seed UC San Diego.

Jackson was a freshman at Michigan in 2020-21 and spent part of the next season in Ann Arbor as well, appearing in 20 games total.

Michigan went to the Elite Eight his first year, inside the COVID bubble, with Jackson playing a surprisingly important role in the opener against Texas

Southern. Despite not hitting a 3-pointer to that point of the season and failing to score since mid-January, he came off the bench and hit two 3s to get Michigan going.

Jackson said he appreciated then-Michigan head coach Juwan Howard for trusting him that day. He has fond memories of his time as a Wolverine, from his campus visits until he left.

“I was around amazing coaches. I was around amazing teammates that I still have relationships with to this day,” he said. “I wouldn’t change anything at all. I really enjoyed my time there

VCU guard Zeb Jackson, if you can believe it, committed to Michigan when John Beilein was the coach. Jackson would never play for him, but he did

spend two years at Michigan before transferring. The fifth-year senior is back in the NCAA Tournament, at the same site as his former school.

“It’s been crazy,” Jackson said about his college journey. “A lot of coaches, a lot of teammates, a lot of different relationships. “It’s been a lot, so it’s taught me a lot.”

found immediate success at VCU, helping the Rams win the Atlantic 10 regular-season and tournament titles in 2022-23. As a 12 seed in the Big Dance, they lost to Saint Mary’s in the first round.

The success earned head coach Mike Rhoades the Penn State job. Jackson stuck around to play for his third head coach, Ryan Odom, and started 35 games last season, averaging career highs

across the board. This season, his last in college, he’s averaging 10.4 points per game and was named the conference’s sixth man of the year.

“He’s meant everything,” Odom said. “I talked to Coach Rhodes when I first took the job about Zeb. He said, ‘Zeb’s going to be great for you.’ And he has been.”

Because of injuries that kept him out the first four games of this season, Jackson has come off the bench this year. “He really sacrificed for this team. … He’s a great teammate. He’s an excellent player. He’s always probably the fastest guy on

the court, no matter who we’re playing. He’s a good shooter, good passer, great defender, and his leadership has been really important to this team