Tyler Hansbrough, Roy Williams Honored By Sporting News

Posted Sep 24, 2009
Former North Carolina center and four-time All-America Tyler Hansbrough is Sporting News` college basketball player of the decade. Roy Williams, who coached Hansbrough and the Tar Heels to the 2009 national title, is SN's college basketball coach of the decade. The honors are part of a 14-page tribute to the athletes, coaches and teams of the 2000s in the new issue of the magazine, which arrives this week. (Tar Heel Blue)

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