Hansbrough Takes Top Honor
Posted Mar 14, 2006
The population of Poplar Bluff, Mo., could fit inside North Carolina's Dean Smith Center. This season, the 16,000 or so people in the rural town probably wish they could have visited Chapel Hill. Poplar Bluff favorite son Tyler Hansbrough led the Tar Heels to a surprising 21-6 regular-season record and a win at rival Duke while becoming Rivals.com's National College Basketball Freshman of the Year.
(Rivals.com)
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