North Carolina rolls; Hansbrough sets record

Posted Mar 20, 2009
North Carolina raced past Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament yesterday, on the day that Tyler Hansbrough ascended to the top of the ACC career scoring chart. UNC won 101-58, its second-largest winning margin in an NCAA Tournament game. Hansbrough scored 22 points and built his career total to 2,789 to push Duke's J.J. Redick into second place in conference history at 2,769. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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