For Heels, and Hansbrough, just getting this far brings relief

Posted Apr 5, 2009

He did not come back just for this. That's what Tyler Hansbrough said. Well, sure, he wanted to play Monday night in the NCAA championship game, against whichever team happened to advance from the opposite bracket. Certainly he wanted to break the ACC scoring record and the NCAA free throw record and to become the first-ever four-time, first-team All-America. Because if he is going to play this game, he is going to pursue excellence. It's all he knows. (Sporting News)

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