Tyler Hansbrough
Tyler Hansbrough
Andrew Tyler Hansbroughis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association. Hansbrough played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team where he was a unanimous selection for the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference All Conference Team, 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year, and 2008 ACC Player of the Year. He is the ACC's all-time leading scorer, and he won the Wooden Award and earned...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 November 1985
CityColumbia, MO
I expected to play well, but it's kind of shocking that I'm playing this well. I never expected, as a young guy, to come into the Dean Dome and drop 40.
I've got a lot of other stuff to focus on; I'm not even thinking about that.
There's going to be days like that, where the ball just doesn't go in the hole.
There were points and times where I felt like we were so close. We just needed one big stop.
It's a small community. Everybody knows each other.
Definitely it was fun in the second half when we started coming back and making a run and started stopping them defensively. That was a big key in the win.
I know I've got a few of them and something I'm proud of.
The NBA is definitely a goal of mine down the line, but right now I am enjoying college a great deal and feel I can improve in every phase of my game. I enjoy school, my teammates and being part of the Carolina basketball program.
I knew the basket was around and I thought maybe if I tapped it up and it still didn't go in I'd have a chance to get the rebound. I was a little shocked. I didn't know if it was going to roll off or come back at me.
Every team I play is real physical. They have some big bodies, but it's nothing I've never seen before, and it's nothing I can't handle.
When I knocked down those free throws, it hit me that we'd just come in here and beat Duke. It doesn't get any better than this.
We thought that if we could beat Arizona, we could pretty much beat anybody. I was really pumped up.
What helped us get the road win is we kept our poise. There were definitely some times where we made some questionable plays, but I think we kept our head and kept playing hard, and that's what gave us the win.
When we got the lead, maybe we relaxed with it a little bit. They hit some shots, and we missed some. They made a run and just kept coming at us.