Lucas: Remember Me?

Posted Nov 16, 2006

It had been 240 days since they had seen him play, so you can excuse Carolina fans for forgetting about Tyler Hansbrough. He wasn't supposed to be the story this year, was he? Carolina's season debut Tuesday night in Charlotte was supposed to be about the freshmen. Hansbrough is an "old" guy now. You have to put it in quotes because he's still just a sophomore. But we can take him for granted now. We've seen him for a whole season already. (Tar Heel Blue)

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