Tar Heels work to balance academics and athletics

Posted Dec 12, 2005

No one could blame Tyler Hansbrough if he wanted to get some sleep. He had just scored 21 points in North Carolina's 75-63 victory over Saint Louis, and the clock was creeping close to midnight. Yet as the freshman post player sat on a couch in the UNC locker room talking to reporters, he knew his work for the day was not yet done. "Here in about 30 minutes, I'm going to be studying," Hansbrough said. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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