Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson Named AP All-America

Posted Mar 31, 2009
Tyler Hansbrough was named first-team All-America by The AP for the second consecutive season and solidified consensus first-team All-America honors for the third year in a row. Hansbrough is the first player to accomplish that feat since Oklahoma's Wayman Tisdale and Georgetown's Patrick Ewing in 1985. Ty Lawson, the 2009 ACC Player of the Year and NCAA South Regional MVP, was named to the AP’s second team. (Inside Carolina)

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