Hansbrough the main attraction at Barnstorming Tour

Posted Apr 23, 2009
The hardest person to guard in this basketball game was Tyler Hansbrough — when he was on the bench. The capacity crowd of 3,600 inside Crown Arena couldn’t have cared less about the ACC Barnstorming Tour exhibition game’s final score Wednesday night. These North Carolina basketball fans had other things on their minds besides the Barnstormers defeating the Fayetteville All-Stars 120-105. (Fayetteville Observer)

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