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Thursday June 26, 2008
Player: Tyler Hansbrough
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ANDREW TYLER HANSBROUGH
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University of North Carolina Tar Heels
#50
6:08.6-252
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Poplar Bluff High School
OVERVIEW
A model of consistency throughout his career, Hansbrough led the Tar Heels to the 2009 national championship, the elusive prize that prompted Hansbrough's return to North Carolina for a fourth season. Throughout the storied history of North Carolina basketball no player successfully carried the banner for his university better than Hansbrough, considered the most competitive player in the game the past few seasons.
Hansbrough is the only Atlantic Coast Conference player to earn first-team All-American honors four consecutive seasons. He was also the only player in league annals to attain All-ACC first-team accolades four times. He closed out his career as the conference's all-time leading scorer with 2,872 points, the 12th-best career total in NCAA history.
North Carolina's all-time leading scorer in NCAA Tournament play with 325 points, that was the fourth-most in NCAA history behind only Christian Laettner, Elvin Hayes and Danny Manning. He holds the NCAA career record for made free throws (982) and is second all-time in free throw attempts (1,241). The 2008 National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Male Athlete of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA East Regional Player of the Year and consensus All-American is the only player in ACC history to lead his school in scoring and rebounding for four seasons.
Hansbrough became the 13th player in conference history and the first Tar Heel to earn first-team All-ACC Tournament honors three times. He was the third UNC player (with J.R. Reid 1987-1989 and Ed Cota, 1997, 1998 and 2000) to earn a spot on All-NCAA Regional Team in three seasons. He set the league record for career 20-point games (78, breaking Duke's J.J. Redick's mark of 70) and set the ACC record for career double-figure games with 133 (previous mark of 129 held by Duke's Johnny Dawkins). He also broke Sam Perkins' UNC rebounding record (finished with 1,219).
Hansbrough is only the eighth Tar Heel to have his jersey retired and the first since Antawn Jamison, who played his final season in 1997-98. For his career, he averaged 20.2 points per, the sixth-highest average in UNC history.
Along the way, he helped Carolina achieve a 120-22 record overall; 50-14 in ACC regular-season play, 8-2 in the ACC Tournament and 14-3 in the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels earned three consecutive No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, went to two Final Fours (2008, '09) and won the 2009 NCAA title, in addition to three consecutive ACC regular-season championships and final Associated Press rankings of #10 in 2006, #4 in 2007, #1 in 2008 and #2 in 2009. He helped UNC post a 57-8 record at the Smith Center, a 25-7 ACC road record, including 14-2 in the last two years, and a 4-0 record at Duke during his time playing for the university.
At Poplar Bluff High School, Hansbrough led his team to back-to-back state titles, going on to score more than 2,500 career points. He averaged 28.2 points and 13.4 rebounds as a senior, including an averaged of 26 points in six playoff games. That year, he was named Gatorade Player of the Year in Missouri and earned McDonald's and Parade All-American honors. In his final game, he had 29 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks in a 72-56 win over Vashon High in the state Class V championship game (ended Vashon's 60-game win streak). The school honored him by recently retiring his jersey number 50.
Hansbrough later played in the McDonald's All-America game, as he posted 15 points and eight rebounds. He added 24 points and nine rebounds and was named co-MVP of the Jordan Classic. He also scored 31 points in the 106-98 USA win over the World Select Team in the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis, tying the USA record for points in the game.
Hansbrough's first college season could not have been better scripted. He became the only player in ACC history to earn first-team All-American honors as a freshman and was named USBWA, ESPN.com, The Sporting News and Basketball Times National Freshman of the Year. The unanimous ACC Rookie of the Year was also the first freshman to earn unanimous first-team All-ACC honors in league history. He had the fourth-highest scoring average by a freshman in league annals (highest by a Tar Heel) at 18.9 per game.
The power forward led the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.58 per game), was second in scoring (18.9), fifth in field goal percentage (.570) and sixth in rebounding (7.8). He led Carolina in scoring, field goal percentage, rebounding, steals (38) and trips to the free throw line (187 of 253, 73.9 percent). He was also the first Tar Heels post player to lead the squad in steals since Scott Williams in 1987-88, and the first TUNC freshman to lead the team in scoring and rebounding.
Hansbrough was the first UNC player to earn first-team consensus All- American honors since Joseph Forte in 2001 and the fifth to do so as a sophomore (Michael Jordan, J.R. Reid, Jerry Stackhouse and Forte). The unanimous first-team All-ACC selection for the second consecutive year, he finished third in voting for ACC Player of the Year honors.
Hansbrough was one of six finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the USBWA's National Player of the Year, one of four finalists for the Naismith Award and one of five finalists for the Wooden Award. In 2006-07, he led UNC and was fourth in the conference in scoring at 18.4 points per game. He also averaged 19.8 points in regular season ACC play and averaged 21.3 points and 8.5 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.
As a junior, Hansbrough was named National Player of the Year and voted the ACC Male Athlete of the Year (only the third Tar Heel to win the award in the last 24 years). He set the UNC mark and tied the league season-record by scoring in double figures in 39 games. He scored 882 points, second-most in history by a Tar Heel and was second in total points in the NCAA behind Davidson's Stephen Curry (931). He scored 20 or more points 27 times, including 13 of the last 18 games.
Hansbrough had 399 rebounds, a UNC season-record, as he led the ACC in scoring and rebounding, becoming the first player to lead the league in both categories since Tim Duncan and Antawn Jamison accomplished it in 1996-97 and 1997-98, respectively. He averaged 22.6 points, the highest average by a Tar Heel since 1970 and was the first Tar Heel to lead the team in scoring three straight years since Al Wood (1979-81). He averaged 10.2 rebounds per game, becoming the seventh Tar Heel to lead the ACC in rebounding and became just the third Tar Heel in 30 years -- with Antawn Jamison in 1997-98 and Scott May in 2004-05 -- to average a double-double.
In 2008-09, the four-time All-American and All-ACC first-team choice averaged a team-high 20.7 points per game, ranking second in the league. He missed four games with right shin and left ankle problems, but scored 704 games in 34 starts. He shot .514 from the field (ranked sixth in the conference) and averaged 8.1 rebounds per game. He was .841 from the foul line, the sixth-highest average in the ACC, as that mark was also his career-best. He finished his career by posting six double-doubles in his final 12 games.
SCOUTING REPORT
Positives: Hansbrough is known for his phenomenal work ethic and, while he might lack the size scouts look for in a power forward, his loss of weight since his junior year helped increase his explosive leaping ability and first-step quickness...Consummate team player who was under more scrutiny than any other athlete at UNC, but showed good character and a team-first attitude on and off the court...Gets the most out of his physical ability and has excellent basketball IQ and court vision...Type of player who is an all-out hustler, giving 110% effort in his approach to the game...Spends quite a bit of time reviewing film of upcoming opponents and is a coach on the court, who even sits in with the staff on game-planning meetings...Might not be the strongest frontcourt player, but will not hesitate to bang heads working inside with that smooth, effortless touch and solid back-to-the-basket scoring ability that has not been seen in the ACC since Antawn Jamison roamed the court for UNC (1997-98)...Greatly improved his shooting range and his slimmer body has allowed him to spin and pivot faster, along with showing much better elevation when executing his quick turnaround jumper...Does a good job of drawing contact and getting to the charity stripe (drew fouls on over 20 percent of his possessions working inside), showing the ability to execute his jump-hook with either hand (ranked third in the nation among power forwards in finishing his possessions around the basket)...All-out battler crashing the boards and working to gain position in the paint, as he is a true warrior who plays with great competitiveness and aggression... Especially effective around the offensive glass (482 of his 1,219 rebounds came from the offensive boards), where he has good jumping ability and quick hands to deliver the put-backs...Made close to 50 percent of his attempts on isolation plays and shows mid-range touch, converting 42.3% of his jump shots...Shows very good footwork, especially pivoting, has a nice array of head and pump fakes, along with a hesitation move to draw contact or get the separation he needs to drive to the basket...His timing and court speed make him function more like a two guard when playing the transition game, where he is consistent finishing...Compensates for a lack of great size with good strength and physical toughness and is quick to establish post position...Very effective drawing contact off the block (84.1% free throw shooter as a senior) and has good shooting motion from the foul line...Uses his body well to create space, but is not the type who plays with a shoot-first mentality -- is a very capable passer out of the post (154 assists in 105 games)...Shows the body adjustment and ability to take tough angles and get off a difficult shot with a defender in his face and has the body and balance to finish against contact to get to the foul line (holds the NCAA record for free throws made and ranks second all-time in free throw attempts; 982-of-1,241 for 79.1%, as 42.4% of his points scored in college came from the foul line)...Is a smart player and understands how to get position under the boards...Will hustle after loose balls with no regard for his safety...Does a good job of mirroring to defend pick-and-roll plays and does a nice job of causing havoc in the passing lane (180 steals, including 101 in his last 103 games)...Has the vision and anticipation ability to know what the shooter will do in an instant and is adept using his body to pick up charging fouls...Demonstrates good balance and body control, which has to hedge on screens...Still lacks great lateral quickness, but uses his reach, length and timing to stay in front of the perimeter shooter and runs the floor pretty well for a player his size...Needs to be a bit quicker executing his jump shot, but gets good elevation and shows a clean release with a nice spin on the ball.
Negatives: Shorter than most teams want for an NBA a power forward, but isn't a great fit at small forward, as he does not possess great lateral agility and does not have the long wing span or leaping ability to alter shots...His slimmed-down frame helps him run the court, but he lacks the timed speed needed to be out in front on the fast breaks...When operating beneath the rim, he has had problems scoring vs. the more athletic and longer forwards...Takes a lot of unnecessary contact trying to force his way in for the shot or rebound...Has improved range, but still has not developed enough confidence to step back and put the ball up from the perimeter (31.6 percent 3-point shooter, but has only made 38 attempts in 142 games), as he appears to be much more comfortable driving to the basket that trying to separate or shoot from the open areas on the court...Does not play with a shoot-first mentality, but he needs to do a better job of passing out of the post to an open teammate rather than try to execute an off-balance shot himself...Shows a strong drive to the basket, but needs to protect the ball better when he has to suddenly stop or change direction (will take false steps at times and lacks explosiveness when he tries to use his spin move).
Compares To: DAVE DeBUSSHERE, ex-New York Knicks -- DeBusshere was one of the best team players in the history of the game. What scouts see in Hansbrough -- toughness in the paint, fearlessness going for the rebound, penchant for attacking the basket, ability to draw contact and tireless work ethic on defense -- are reminiscent of the great former Knicks forward. He might not be the biggest power forward and his arms are shorter than ideal, making it tough for him to block shots with just average leaping ability, but for any team to be successful, a physical presence on the court is needed. He isn't likely to be a lottery pick, but an established team with a pick later in the first round could end up with a steal in the draft.
--Report by Dave-Te' Thomas
2008-09 SEASON
Became the first player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to earn All-American first-team honors for times and is the only athlete ever chosen All-Conference first-team four times...Also became the first player in league annals to lead his team in both scoring and rebounding in four consecutive seasons...Shared team MVP honors with point guard Ty Lawson...Finalist for National Player of the Year honors by the USBWA, Naismith and Wooden Awards...Finished second in the voting for the 2009 Wooden Award....Placed third in the balloting for ACC Player of the Year honors...Was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right shin on October 30, 2008, an injury that forced him to sit out the first two games of the year (Penn and Kentucky), the first games he missed at UNC...Turned his left ankle while driving to the basket just minutes into his first game of the year at UC Santa Barbara and was forced to sit out two more games vs. UNC Asheville and Chaminade to rest both injuries....Still managed to finish second in the ACC in scoring at 20.7 points a game, sixth in both field goal percentage (.514), free throw percentage (.841) and rebounding (8.1 rebounds per game)...Made 223-of-434 field goals, including 9-of-23 (.391) from 3-point range...Successful on 249-of-296 free throws...Grabbed 103 of his 276 rebounds off the offensive glass and blocked 12 shots...Handed out 34 assists to go with 42 steals... Scored 20 or more points 21 times, including seven of the last 14 games...Had six double-doubles in the last 12 games...Made a career-best 28 straight free throws earlier in the year and for the third straight year, he improved his free throw accuracy (from 73.9 as a freshman to 76.8 as a sophomore, 80.6 as a junior, 84.1 as a senior)...Voted one of three permanent team captains with Bobby Frasor and Danny Green...Earned 2009 All-ACC Tournament honors after averaging a team-high 25.0 points and 9.5 rebounds...Averaged 17.5 points (third-most on the team) and a team-high 7.8 rebounds per game in the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
2007-08 SEASON
Named National Player of the Year by The Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, The Sporting News, Los Angeles Athletic Club (Wooden Award), Atlanta Tipoff Club (Naismith Award), Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com, CBS/Chevrolet, Commonwealth Club of Kentucky (Rupp Award) and Basketball Times, becoming the eleventh Tar Heel to earn NPOY honors and second in the last four years under Roy Williams (Sean May by SI in 2005)...Became the fourth player -- with UNC's Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Duke's Christian Laettner (1992) and UNC's Antawn Jamison (1998) -- to win National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and NCAA Regional MVP honors in the same season...Voted the ACC Male Athlete of the Year (only the third Tar Heel to win the award in the last 24 years) and was a first-team All-American selection by The NBA Draft Report, Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, The Sporting News, Wooden, Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com and Fox Sports.com...Added USBWA District Player of the Year and NABC All-District honors...Became the eleventh Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Year honors (first since Joseph Forte in 2001) and was only the third player to be a unanimous selection for ACC Player of the Year (North Carolina State's David Thompson in 1975 and Wake Forest's Josh Howard in 2003)...Set UNC and tied ACC season-records by scoring in double figures in 39 games (previous record was 36 by Eric Montross in 1993 and Antawn Jamison in 1998; and the ACC record is 39 by Hansbrough and Duke's Mark Alarie and Johnny Dawkins in 1985-86), as he scored 882 points, second-most in a season by a Tar Heel (Lennie Rosenbluth had 895 in 1956-57)...Was second in total points in the NCAA behind Davidson's Stephen Curry (931) and scored 20 or more points 27 times, including 13 of the last 18 games...Scored 20 or more points in nine consecutive games from 2/03/08 to 3/04/08, the longest such streak by a Tar Heel since Michael Jordan did it nine times in a row in 1983-84 (tied the fifth-longest streak in UNC history)...Led the ACC in scoring and rebounding, grabbing 399 boards (10.2 rebounds per game) that included 151 on the offensive glass, breaking the old school single-season record of 397 rebounds by Scott May in 2004-05...Ranked 12th nationally in scoring and 17th in rebounding...Was the first player to lead the ACC in both categories since Tim Duncan and Antawn Jamison accomplished it in 1996-97 and 1997-98, respectively...Fourth Tar Heel and 10th ACC player to lead the league in scoring and rebounding in the same year (with Pete Brennan in 1957-58, Billy Cunningham in 1963-64 and 1964-65 and Jamison)...Joined Cunningham as the only Tar Heels to ever lead UNC in scoring and rebounding in three consecutive seasons...Averaged 22.6 points, the highest average by a Tar Heel since 1970 and was the first Tar Heel to lead the team in scoring three straight years since Al Wood from 1979-81 (Rosenbluth, Cunningham, Ford, Wood and Hansbrough are the only players to lead UNC in scoring three times)...Became just the third Tar Heel in 30 years -- with Jamison in 1997-98 and May in 2004-05 -- to average a double-double...Combined with Wayne Ellington to score the most points ever in one season by a Tar Heel duo (1,529), breaking the record of 1,459 by Jamison and Shammond Williams in 1997-98...Second in the ACC in field goal percentage (.540) and ninth in free throw percentage (.806)...Joined Boston College's Tyrese Rice as the only players in the ACC in the top 10 in both categories...Led the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.9), defensive rebounds (6.4) and was 10th in minutes played (33.0)....Had a record-setting year from the free throw line...Led the nation in free throws made and attempted...Converted 304 of 377 from the line...The 304 made free throws are the most in ACC history and sixth-most in NCAA history (Wake Forest's Dickie Hemric held the previous ACC record with 302 in 1954-55; Rosenbluth held the previous UNC record with 285 in 1956-57... Furman's Frank Selvy set the NCAA record by making 355 free throws in 1953-54 and LSU's Pete Maravich made 337 in 1969-70...His 377 free throw attempts broke Rosenbluth's UNC record (376 in 1956-57), are the third-most in ACC and 10th-most in NCAA history...Attempted 262 more free throws than any other Tar Heel, 155 more than Virginia's Sean Singletary and 74 more than UTEP's Stefon Jackson, as he made 115 more than Singletary and 79 more than Indiana's Eric Gordon...Finished second on the team with eight defensive player of the game awards...Led the team with 59 steals and in charges drawn with 42....Was an eight-time ACC Player of the Week choice (four times in non-conference play and four times during the ACC portion of the schedule). That set a season-record for the most ACC Player-of-the-Week honors won in a season (since the award began in 1969-70). The previous record was seven by Jamison in 1997-98 and Duke's JJ Redick in 2005-06...The power forward averaged 23.7 points and 11.5 rebounds in 16 ACC games...Averaged 21.7 points and 11.8 boards in 13 road wins...Scored 20 or more points in 27 games and 25 or more 16 times...Attempted 10-plus free throws in 21 games...The Las Vegas MVP award was his first tournament MVP honor as a Tar Heel...Led the ACC in 30-point games (three), 20-point games (27), 10-rebound games (19), 20-point/10-rebound games (10) and double-doubles (19)...Averaged 28 points and 12.1 rebounds in the seven games in February that UNC played without Ty Lawson...Scored 385 points in 16 games at home, the most points by any Tar Heel in one season in Smith Center history (old record was 350 by Rashad McCants in 2002-03)...Averaged 24.1 points at the Smith Center, breaking the former record of 22.2 by Jamison in 1997-98.
2006-07 SEASON
Consensus first-team All-American selection (The NBA Draft Report, NABC, USBWA, The Sporting News), becoming UNC's first consensus All-American since Joseph Forte in 2001 and the 14th Tar Heel to earn consensus honors and the fifth to do so as a sophomore (Michael Jordan, J.R. Reid, Jerry Stackhouse and Forte)...Also earned second-team All-American honors from the Associated Press, ESPN.com and Basketball Times...Voted UNC's Most Valuable Player by his teammates and coaches...Unanimous first-team All-ACC selection for the second consecutive year...Finished third in the voting for ACC Player of the Year honors, but was the only ACC player to earn first-team All- American honors...One of six finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the USBWA's National Player of the Year, one of four finalists for the Naismith Award and one of five finalists for the Wooden Award. Led UNC and was fourth in the ACC in scoring at 18.4 points per game, as he averaged 19.8 points in regular season conference competition...Averaged 21.3 points and 8.5 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament...His 33 points vs. Michigan State in the second round equaled the single-game scoring high by any player in the 2007 NCAA Tournament (Oregon's Tajuan Porter had 33 vs. UNLV)...Averaged 19.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in UNC's seven losses...Was named the Tar Heels' defensive player of the game six times...Scored in double figures in 33 games and scored 20 or more points 17 times...Led the team and was second in the ACC with 301 rebounds (7.9 rpg)...Grabbed double figures in rebounds 11 times (13 or more seven times)...Was sixth in the ACC in field goal percentage (.525) and ninth in free throw percentage (.768)...One of three players (with Florida State's Al Thornton and Boston College's Jared Dudley) to rank in the Top 10 in both field goal and free throw accuracy...Ranked second on the team in steals with 41... Attempted 10 or more free throws 14 times and made 24 consecutive free throws from 1/31-to-2/10/07...Made 242 of 315 attempted fee throws, the second-highest season marks in Carolina history.
2005-06 SEASON
Became the only player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to earn first-team All- American honors as a freshman, garnering those accolades from The NBA Draft Report, The Sporting News and Rupp and third-team recognition by the Associated Press, NABC and Basketball Times...Was only the third ACC freshman to earn AP All-American honors (any team), joining Kenny Anderson and Stephon Marbury of Georgia Tech...Named the USBWA, ESPN.com, The Sporting News and Basketball Times National Freshman of the Year...Unanimous ACC Rookie of the Year choice and was the first freshman to earn unanimous first-team All-ACC honors in league history...Joined Duke's J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams as unanimous All-ACC picks...Became the sixth player to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a freshman (Clemson's Skip Wise in 1975, Anderson in 1990, Maryland's Joe Smith in 1994, Marbury in 1996 and Antawn Jamison in 1996)...Had the fourth-highest scoring average by a freshman in ACC history (highest by a Tar Heel) at 18.9 per game, finishing second in the conference in scoring behind Redick...Only one freshman ever finished as high in ACC scoring (Georgia Tech's Mark Price led the league in 1982- 83)...Became Carolina's seventh ACC Rookie of the Year (Sam Perkins in 1981, Michael Jordan in 1982, J.R. Reid in 1987, Ed Cota in 1997, Joseph Forte in 2000 and Marvin Williams in 2005)...Was also an NABC and USBWA All-District selection...Led the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.58 per game), was second in scoring (18.9), fifth in field goal percentage (.570) and sixth in rebounding (7.8)...Led UNC in field goal percentage, scoring, rebounding, steals (38) and trips to the free throw line (187 of 253, 73.9%)...Was the first Tar Heels post player to lead the team in steals since Scott Williams in 1987-88 and the first UNC freshman to lead the team in scoring and rebounding...Was also the first North Carolina athlete and seventh ACC player to lead his team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and steals in the same season...Averaged an ACC-best 8.2 free throw attempts, as he made 21 straight free throws in one stretch...Shot a Smith Center record 14 for 14 from the line vs. North Carolina State and 13 for 14 vs. Miami...His 187 free throws made and 253 attempts are UNC freshman records. The previous marks were 152 made by Perkins in 1980-81 and 205 attempts by Perkins and Jerry Stackhouse. The 187 made were the sixth-most in a season by any Tar Heel and the 253 attempts were the eighth-most in a season...Had 42 three-point play opportunities and converted the free throw 29 times...Scored in double figures 30 times and scored 20 or more in 14 games (and 25 or more five times)...Averaged 20.4 points and 7.6 rebounds (3.9 offensive boards) and shot 56.2 percent from the floor and 78.7 percent from the line in ACC games...Won ACC Freshman-of-the- Week honors ten times, tying Kenny Anderson's (Georgia Tech) ACC record set in 1989-90. The previous UNC record was six by Perkins...Named UNC's defensive player of the game five times (Gardner-Webb, UC Santa Barbara, Virginia Tech, at Miami and Georgia Tech)...Selected Co-ACC Player of the Week after Virginia and Duke wins, the first freshman to win ACC Player of the Week honors in the regular season since Jamison in 1996 (Duke's Jason Williams won the award as the ACC Tournament MVP in 2000).
CAREER NOTES
Started 141-of-142 games and set the UNC and Atlantic Coast Conference career records with 2,872 points scored, topping the old marks of 2,290 points by UNC's Phil Ford (1974-78) and the ACC record of 2,769 points by Duke's J.J. Redick (2003-06)...His 2,872 points rank 12th in NCAA history...His 325 points scored in the NCAA Tournament rank fourth on college basketball's all-time list behind Christian Laettner of Duke (407 points, 1988-92), Elvin Hayes of Houston (358, 1965-68) and Danny Manning of Kansas (328, 1985-88)...Is only the sixth player in school history to average over 20 points per game for a career, joining Lennie Rosenbluth (26.9 points per game, 1954-57), Billy Cunningham (24.8 points per game, 1962-65), Bob Lewis (22.1 ppg, 1964-67), Charles Scott (22.1 ppg, 1967-70) and Larry Miller (21.8 ppg, 1965-68)...His 939 field goals made broke the previous school career-record of 865 by Phil Ford...His 982 free throws made set school, league and NCAA all-time records, surpassing the old college basketball mark of 905 by Dickie Hemric of Wake Forest (1952-55), the previous ACC record of 713 by Chuck Laettner of Duke (1988-92) and the school mark of 603 by Lennie Rosenbluth...Only Dickie Hemric (1,359) had more free throw attempts than Handbrough's 1,241 in NCAA annals...Scored in double figures 133 times, breaking the old ACC career-record of 129 by Johnny Dawkins of Duke (1983-86) and the previous UNC mark of 118 by Sam Perkins (1980-84)...His string of 55 consecutive double-figure scoring games rank second in school history to Larry Miller (64, 1965-68)...Scored at least 20 points in 78 games, surpassing the old school record of 63 by Lennie Rosenbluth and the previous ACC mark of 70 by Duke's J.J. Redick (2003-06)...Hansbrough's 1,219 rebounds rank seventh in ACC history and broke the old school career-record of 1,167 by Sam Perkins...His 47 double-doubles (points/rebounds) tied Perkins fior third in school annals, topped by Billy Cunningham (60, 1962-65) and Antawn Jamison (51, 1997-98)...Became the only player in conference history to earn first-team All-American honors four times and also was the first four-time All-ACC first-team choice...Only player in ACC history to lead his team in both scoring and rebounds in four seasons...First Tar Heel to earn All-ACC Tournament first-team honors three times and became the third UNC player to receive All-NCAA Regional Team accolades three times, joining J.R. Reid (1987-89) and Ed Cota (1997-98, 2000)...Eighth player in school history to have his jersey number retired (joins Jack Cobb, #10 Lennie Rosenbluth, #12 Phil Ford, #20 George Glamack, #23 Michael Jordan, #33 Antawn Jamison and #52 James Worthy)...Hansbrough (882 points) and Wayne Ellington (647) combined to score 1,529 points in 2007-08, the highest total by a pair of Tar Heels in a season in school history. The previous record of 1,459 was set by Antawn Jamison (822) and Shammond Williams (637) in 1997-98...Hansbrough, Ellington and Danny Green (447) combined to score 1,976 points in 2007-08, ranking as the the second-highest scoring trio in school history. Jamison, Williams and Vince Carter (592) set the record of 2,051 in 1997-98...Ellington, Hansbrough, Green, Deon Thompson and Marcus Ginyard set a UNC record by playing in 36 victories. Five players from the 1992-93 team and five from the 1997-98 team had played in 34 UNC wins in those respective seasons...Scored 2,452 points in 120 wins as a Tar Heel. That is more points than Phil Ford, Carolina's all-time second-ranked scorer, had in his entire career (2,290)...Finished second in wins by a Tar Heel behind Danny Green (123)...Hansbrough and Green played in a school record 58 ACC wins (regular season and Tournament)...His 304 made free throws in 2007-08 are the most in ACC history and sixth-most in NCAA history (Wake Forest's Dickie Hemric held the previous ACC record with 302 in 1954-55; Rosenbluth held the previous UNC record with 285 in 1956-57. Furman's Frank Selvy set the NCAA record by making 355 free throws in 1953-54 and LSU's Pete Maravich made 337 in 1969-70...In his first year at UNC, Hansbrough set the ACC single-game freshman record, UNC freshman record and Smith Center record with 40 points in win over Georgia Tech. He broke the ACC mark of 38 points by Skip Wise of Clemson in 1974, UNC record of 31 and Smith Center record of 38. It was the first 40-point game by a Tar Heel since Shammond Williams had 42 at Georgia Tech in 1998 and the most points by a Tar Heel at home since Charles Scott had 43 vs. Wake Forest in 1970.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Poplar Bluff (Mo.) High School, playing basketball for head coach John David Patillo...Led his team to back-to-back state titles, going on to score more than 2,500 career points...Averaged 28.2 points and 13.4 rebounds as a senior, including an averaged of 26 points in six playoff games...That year, he was named Gatorade Player of the Year in Missouri and earned McDonald's and Parade All-American honors...In his final game, he had 29 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks in a 72-56 win over Vashon High in the state Class V championship game (ended Vashon's 60-game win streak)...The school honored him by recently retiring his jersey number 50.
INJURY REPORT
2006-07: In the Duke game (3/04), Hansbrough left with 14 seconds remaining after being injured on a flagrant foul that resulted in a non-displaced nasal fracture. He also suffered an injury to his mouth in an earlier collision that resulted in a root canal after the season.
2007-08: Suffered a mild concussion at Rutgers (12/16) when he fell backward into the basket support while trying to draw a charge...Took a physical pounding vs. Georgia Tech (1/16), but finished the game with two loose teeth, a cut above his lip and inside his mouth and a scratch across the side of his face...Played 35 minutes vs. Virginia (2/12), despite an infected big toe on his right foot. He was unable to practice the day before the game.
2008-09: Was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right shin (10/30), an injury that forced him to sit out the first two games of the year (Penn and Kentucky), the first games he missed at UNC...Turned his left ankle while driving to the basket just minutes into his first game of the year at UC Santa Barbara (11/21) and was forced to sit out two more games vs. UNC Asheville (11/30) and Chaminade (11/24) to rest both injuries.
OTHER TOURNAMENTS/TEAMS
SUMMER: Hansbrough later played in the McDonald's All-America game, as he posted 15 points and eight rebounds...Added 24 points and nine rebounds and was named co-MVP of the Jordan Classic...Scored 31 points in the 106-98 USA win over the World Select Team in the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis, tying the USA record for points in the game.
PERSONAL
Communications major...Son of Tami and Gene Hansbrough...Born Andrew Tyler Hansbrough on 11/03/85...Resides in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
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