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March Madman: Tyler Hansbrough named Sports Illustrated player of the year


On the office desk of his Chapel Hill home, next to the portraits of his wife and children, North Carolina coach keeps a framed 8-by-10 picture of a young man drenched in his own blood. No, Ol' Roy doesn't harbor a soft spot for slasher films. But he does for Tar Heels junior forward , and to Williams the photograph -- taken a half hour after Duke's Gerald Henderson broke Hansbrough's nose with a flagrant foul last season -- symbolizes the epic toughness of college basketball's fiercest gladiator. (Sports Illustrated)

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