Williams, Hansbrough Earn National Honors From USBWA

Posted Mar 22, 2006

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) has selected North Carolina's Roy Williams as national coach of the year and the Tar Heels' Tyler Hansbrough freshman of the year. Williams, in his third season at North Carolina, rebuilt a Tar Heel club that lost all five starters and the top seven scorers from last year's national championship team. (Tar Heel Blue)

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