Tyler Hansbrough Lifts Tar Heels Into Final Four

Posted Mar 30, 2008

North Carolina was in the midst of a stunning collapse in its NCAA tournament Round of 8 game with Louisville on Saturday night. The shooters had gone cold, the double-digit lead had disappeared and the favored Tar Heels were on the brink of gut-wrenching disappointment for the second year in a row. That was until forward Tyler Hansbrough changed the course of the game, and perhaps the course of this tournament. (New York Times)

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