No real surprises among the post-season awards handed out this week. Tyler Hansbrough for POY? Check. Seth Greenberg for COY? Fans of Miami's Frank Haith, who took a team picked to finish 12th and steered it to a 5th-place finish, might have some objections, but Virginia Tech's 9-7 ACC finish seemed to clinch it for Greenberg, who won by two votes.
Sort of makes up for those five Tech losses by 3 points or less.
I find it a litlle puzzling that Virginia's Sean Singletary wasn't a unanimous first-team pick. To me, Tyler Hansbrough, Singletary and Tyrese Rice were the first-team no-brainers.
Turning to the tournament, which is being held in Charlotte for the first time since 2002, at the arena Jermareo Davidson is making famous.
Can anyone other than Duke and North Carolina win this thing? You'd have a hard time making a case. No.3 seed Clemson never seems to stay long at this event; the No.4 seed Hokies are the youngest team in the conference.
No.5 Miami looks like a tough out, capable of getting hot from 3-point range. But an ACC title?
As for the rest of the field, Boston College and N.C. State have lost 14 straight between them. Maryland's in a tailspin. Virginia has been playing well lately, but would run into Duke in the second round.
The most interesting game of the first round could be Georgia Tech-Virginia. Neither team is going anywhere in the post-season, but they played two taut, competitive games. Georgia Tech won in overtime at Virginia; the Cavaliers won by two at the Thriller Dome in a make-up of a game that was postponed because of a leaky roof.
Niagara's Fisher presents problem for Appalachian shooter -- 39 percent overall and 33 percent from 3-point range -- but he ranks with North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough in getting to the free-thrown line as often (268 times) as any player in the country. Fisher said that he's more concerned about>
Right now Memphis' Rose's life has a special sweet smell weeks, Rose was sort of a rumor. The kid you heard about but rarely saw on national broadcasts. Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina was the player of the year. Michael Beasley of Kansas State was the player NBA scouts were salivating over. On Saturday>
At last, NCAA title puts Self first not the brightest, but that there were too many to manage. UCLA had Kevin Love, North Carolina had Tyler Hansbrough, Memphis had Chris Douglas-Roberts. Yup, the other Final Four participants all had a first-team All-American. The Jayhawks had no one on>
Dazed and Confused UNC was denied the national championship that it thought possible. Only one senior, Quentin Thomas, will be lost. Tyler Hansbrough, Ellington and Lawson could leave for the NBA. Three top-notch recruits will join the program next year. 'I don't know of>
Tar Heels are silent on future in NBA Hansbrough, Lawson and Ellington say no decisions are made JOURNAL REPORTER CHAPEL HILL Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington are still undecided about what to do with the rest of>
Clemson's Purnell says he won't take LSU coaching job pain free for the 2008-09 season.' ? Coach Rick Stansbury of Mississippi State said that sophomore guard Ben Hansbrough will transfer after the spring semester. 'Ben is a good kid and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors,' Stansbury>
College-Basketball Notebook about NBA Draft JOURNAL WIRE REPORT ? Coach Roy Williams of North Carolina says he has met with Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington about the possibility of their entering the NBA Draft. In an interview on the school's Web site posted>
Hansbrough will return to UNC; Ellington, Lawson to enter NBA draft Journal File Photo Updated: 04/25/2008 05:08 pm Tyler Hansbrough will return to North Carolina for his senior basketball season next year but Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson are headed to the NBA Draft. Ellington and Lawson will not>
Tar Heel star will remain in school Hansbrough to return; Ellington, Lawson will file for the NBA Draft JOURNAL REPORTER Tyler Hansbrough will finish his North Carolina basketball career next season as a senior but Ty Lawson and>
End of Tape: Davis, North Carolina's trainer, is stepping down after 31 seasons on Lawson's ankle so he could return on March 1. Two seasons ago, Davis had to take center Tyler Hansbrough into the trainer's room to stop the bleeding from a broken nose suffered at the end of a game against Duke. In the 1992 season, Davis had to close>
