Sports Illustrated Names Hansbrough National Player Of The Year
Posted Mar 5, 2008
Sports Illustrated has named North Carolina's junior forward Tyler Hansbrough as the 2008 National Men's Collegiate Basketball Player of the Year in a cover story in the magazine's issue that hit the newsstands today. Hansbrough is the 10th Tar Heel men's basketball player to earn National Player of the Year honors and the second to earn Sports Illustrated's Player of the Year award (with Jerry Stackhouse in 1994-95).
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