Legend lives here

Posted Mar 21, 2008

He's the father of Poplar Bluff's favorite sons: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina's 6-foot-9 junior forward and national player of the year, and his younger brother Ben, a 6-3 sophomore guard at Mississippi State. The boys had already called today, but Gene didn't bother informing them of the floods. They have more pressing business to concentrate on, like preparing for today's first-round games in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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