TYLER HANSBROUGHAndrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985 in Columbia, Missouri), is an American collegiate basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team. Hansbrough was a unanimous selection for the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference All Conference Team, 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year, and 2008 ACC Conference Player of the Year. Hansbrough has also been awarded the 2008 Sports Illustrated and Sporting News National Player of the Year award, the latter of which qualifies him to have his number 50 retired by the University of North Carolina. Hansbrough is affectionately known as "Psycho T" by UNC fans.
Hansbrough attended Poplar Bluff High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and led the Mules to consecutive Missouri state championships (Missouri State High School Activities Association) Class 5 for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 seasons. In 2005, Hansbrough helped Poplar Bluff beat the then undefeated and number one team in the nation, Vashon High School. While in high school he made the Missouri All-State team twice and averaged 28.2 points and 13.4 rebounds per game as a senior. Due to his growing popularity, ESPN featured a high school game on ESPN2 that pitted Hansbrough's Mules against Greg Oden and his high school team. Hansbrough accepted an offer to play basketball for North Carolina, turning down scholarship offers to play at Duke, Florida, Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky Tyler Hansbrough led the University of North Carolina in scoring with an average of 18.9 points per game. He was second in the ACC in scoring behind J. J. Redick of Duke. Additionally, Hansbrough was unanimously selected as the 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year and was also a unanimous selection to the 2006 All Conference Team. He was second to Redick in voting for the ACC Player of the Year award. Hansbrough’s best game as a freshman came on February 15, 2006 when he scored 40 points in a home game against Georgia Tech.[6] This mark set the record for most points ever scored by a freshman in a game in ACC history and for the most points scored in the Dean Smith Center (the previous high had been 38 points by Joseph Forte in 2000 vs. Tulsa). With the University of North Carolina signing what was often considered to be the best recruiting class in the country in 2006,[8] Tyler Hansbrough’s minutes per game took a slight drop but he was just as productive as he was during his freshman season. At the end of the regular season, Hansbrough was averaging 18.8 points per game along with 8.0 rebounds per game. During the March 4, 2007 matchup with Duke University, Hansbrough scored 26 points and grabbed 17 rebounds while leading the Tar Heels to an 86-72 victory. With 14.5 seconds remaining in the game, Duke's Gerald Henderson, Jr. crashed into Hansbrough and hit Hansbrough in the face with his right elbow, breaking Hansbrough's nose. Henderson was ejected from the game and received an automatic one-game suspension from the NCAA. Hansbrough went on to play with a nose-guard/face mask through the postseason, before taking it off in the second half of a game against Michigan State, in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Hansbrough’s 23.1 ppg scoring average this season is the highest at UNC since since Charles Scott (27.1 ppg) in 1969-70. Averaging 28.0 points and 12.1 rebounds over seven games of Ty Lawson’s injury in February Tyler Hansbrough's 23 20-point games and 15 double-doubles this season lead the ACC. His 23.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.90 offensive rebounds, 6.61 defensive rebounds and 10.4 free throw attempts per contest also lead the conference. Twenty-seven games into his junior season, Hansbrough is already the fourth-highest scoring junior in ACC history with 2,001 career points. On February 3, 2008 at Florida State, Hansbrough broke Lennie Rosenbluth’s 51-year-old school record for made free throws when he made one with 16:37 to play in regulation Hansbrough has scored 20 or more points in 23 games this season, most in the ACC. He has scored at least 20 in 19 of the last 24 games. Hansbrough has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 16 games this season, most in the ACC. He has an ACC-leading 9 “20 & 10” games this seasonyear, six more than any other player in the ACC. By scoring 39 points against Clemson (February 10, 2008), Tyler Hansbrough became one of only two North Carolina Tar Heels players in the past 35 years to have at least three 35-point games as a Tar Heel. Antawn Jamison, who had four such games, is the other. Lennie Rosenbluth scored at least 35 points 13 times in his UNC career to lead that category[ Hansbrough’s 21-rebound game against Florida State (February 3, 2008) was just the sixth game of 21 rebounds or more by a Tar Heel in the past 35 years (Sean May had 24 against Duke in 2005, 21 against Akron and Duke during the 03-04 season, Mitch Kupchak grabbed 21 against Tulane in 1976, and Bobby Jones had 21 against Duke in 1973). He pulled down 52 rebounds in a three-game span from Feb. 3-10, the best three-game rebounding performance by a Tar Heel since 1968. He averaged 29.7 points and 17.3 rebounds in those three outings. For the season, he averages 10.7 rebounds per game. That is tied as the highest average by a Tar Heel since Mitch Kupchak averaged 11.3 rpg in 1975-76. Currently leads the team in steals with 40 and in charges drawn with 31. Scored the winning basket for the North Carolina Tar Heels with 0.8 seconds left, in the Semi-Finals of the ACC tournament versus Virginia Tech15 Mar 2008
University of North Carolina 86-81 win over Clemson in Sunday's tournament final, a victory that locked up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA field of 65 while giving the program a record 17th ACC title. The Tar Heels got another strong-willed performance inside from all-American Tyler Hansbrough and a stellar outing on the perimeter from Wayne Ellington to close a tough tournament run in which North Carolina didn't win a game by more than 12 points. North Carolina made everything look easy in its first two NCAA tournament games, from running out to big early leads to cracking the 100-point mark with plenty of time left on the clock. The only people who don't sound that impressed are the Tar Heels. "We don't think that winning two games in the NCAA tournament is a huge success for us," junior swingman Marcus Ginyard said. East: Tyler Hansbrough scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half Thursday night and the Tar Heels held Washington State to 32-percent shooting in a 68-47 win in the East Region semifinals. (NCAA March Madness 2008 highlights) Tarheels 68, Cougars 47 Hansbrough had 28 points and 13 rebounds Saturday night to help the Tar Heels hold off Louisville 83-73 in the East Regional final. Playing in front of a partisan home-state crowd, they reached the national semifinals for the first time since winning the championship in 2005. Louisville 73, North Carolina 83 East Regional Final: Tyler Hansbrough continued to make his case for the Naismith Award, going for 28 points and 13 rebounds as North Carolina defeated Louisville 83-73 to advance to the Final Four. (NCAA March Madness 2008 highlights) Mock NBA commercial for UNC Tarheel Basketball 2007-2008. |
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