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NOTING
HANSBROUGH
One of the top National Player
of the Year candidates for 2007-08
and one of the most decorated
young players in ACC and Carolina
basketball history • Blue Ribbon
magazine's preseason 2007-08
National Player of the Year • First
Tar Heel to repeat first-team All-
America honors since Antawn
Jamison in 1997 and 1998 • On
pace to become Carolina's all-time
leading scorer and one of its top rebounders
ever • Has 1,286 career
points, the 59th Tar Heel to score
1,000 (an NCAA record) • Phil
Ford holds the record with 2,290
points and had 1,048 in his first
two seasons • Reached 1,000 in his
54th game, the sixth-fastest of any
Tar Heel and the fastest among
those who played as a true freshman
• Fifth in ACC history for
most points through one's sophomore
season • Georgia Tech's
Kenny Anderson (1,497), Duke's
Jason Williams (1,323), UNC's
Joseph Forte (1,290) and Maryland's
Joe Smith (1,290) are the
only players with more points
through their sophomore seasons
• Is tied for eighth place all-time
at Carolina in scoring average at
18.6 per game • Joins Anderson,
Smith and Jamison as the only
players to earn first-team All-
ACC honors as a freshman and
sophomore • Is the 14th player in
ACC history and only the third
in the last 18 years to repeat as a
unanimous first-team selection
• Hansbrough, Duke's J.J.
Redick (2005 and 2006) and
Wake Forest's Tim Duncan
(1996 and 1997) are the
only repeat unanimous
picks since 1989 • Hansbrough,
Michael Jordan,
Billy Cunningham and
Lennie Rosenbluth
are the only Tar
Heels to accomplish
that feat
• Has 30 career 20-point games •
Has 16 career double-doubles (six
as a freshman, 10 as a sophomore)
and has scored in double figures 63
times in 69 games • Has attempted
10 or more free throws 23 times •
Is 429 for 568 from the free throw
line (75.5 percent) • Is ninth all-time at Carolina in free throws
made • Has made 427 field goals
and 429 free throws • One of only
two Tar Heels with 1,000 points to
have more made free throws than
field goals (Pete Brennan made
413 field goals and 506 free throws
from 1955-58).
Last name is pronounced
HANDS-bro (two syllables, not
Hans-burr-oh) • A fan and locker-room
favorite • One of the most
popular Tar Heels ever • Fans love
him for his all-out effort and competitive
fire • Teammates respect
him for his work ethic, humility,
heart and drive • The most
focused player Roy
Williams has ever
coached.
SOPHOMORE SEASON
(2006-07)
Season Notes: A consensus
2007 first-team All-America
(NABC, USBWA, Sporting
News), UNC's first consensus All-
America since Joseph Forte in
2001 • 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-America 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 • Third
in voting for ACC Player
of the Year honors, but
the only ACC player to
earn first-team All-
America 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 in 2006-07 at
18.4 points per game •
Averaged 19.8 points in
regular season ACC play
• Averaged 21.3 points
and 8.5 rebounds in the
NCAA Tournament • His
33 points against Michigan
State in the second
round equalled 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 • UNC's 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 in rebounds (7.9 per game) •
Grabbed double figures in rebounds
11 times (13 or more seven
times) • Was sixth in the ACC in
field goal percentage and ninth in
free throw percentage • One of
three players (with Florida State's
Al Thornton and BC's Jared Dudley)
to rank in the Top 10 in both
field goal and free throw accuracy
• Was second on the team in steals
with 41 • Attempted 10 or more
free throws 14 times • Made 24
consecutive free throws from Jan.
31 to Feb. 10 • He made 242 free
throws and attempted 315 free
throws, the second-highest single-season
marks in Carolina history.
Game Highlights
November: Had 29 points in the
opener against Sacred Heart •
Named to All-NIT Tournament
Team • Averaged 21.3 points in the
four NIT games • Had an outstanding,
21-point, 14-rebound performance
in win over Ohio State, then
the No. 1 ranked team in the
coaches' poll.
December: Returned home to
Missouri and had 15 points and 13
rebounds in win over Saint Louis •
Was UNC's defensive player of the
game against Dayton, when the Tar
Heels held the Flyers to 21 percent shooting in the first half.
January: Had 25 points and 13
rebounds in an 84-58 win over
Florida State • Scored a game-high
18 points and had seven rebounds
in win over Virginia • Led UNC
with both 19 points and a career-high
15 rebounds in the loss at Virginia
Tech • Grabbed eight
offensive boards, a season-high
and one shy of his career best •
Dominated the paint with 24 points
and six rebounds in win over Georgia
Tech • Made 14 of 15 from the
free throw line • Had 13 points and
a game-high nine rebounds at
Wake Forest • Posted his sixth double-
double of the year with 22
points and 13 boards against
Miami.
February: Led all scorers with
24 points and topped UNC with
eight rebounds at NC State •
Scored 15 points in the second half
• Steal and dunk pulled the Tar
Heels within two points with 3:44
to play • Reached 1,000 career
points on a dunk late in the first
half • Had 16 points in win at Duke
• Hit four free throws in the last 31
seconds to help clinch the win,
UNC's second straight at Cameron
• Led Carolina with 22 points and
eight boards and was UNC's defensive
player of the game in home
loss to Virginia Tech • Made 14 of
18 from the free throw line • Led
Carolina with 17 points and eight
rebounds in win at Boston College
• Scored 13 first-half points as
UNC built a six-point lead at the
break • Earned UNC's defensive
player of the game honors for the
second straight game • Had 20
points and seven rebounds in win
over NC State • Led Carolina in the
loss at Maryland with 22 points on
10 of 15 shooting from the floor.
March: Led all players with 26
points and a career-high 17 rebounds
in 86-72 win over Duke •
Matched his career-best with nine
offensive rebounds • Made 10 of
18 from the field • Scored 18 points
in the second half • Three-point
play with 12:08 to play ignited a
14-2 Tar Heel run • Left the game
after being injured on a flagrant
foul with 14.5 seconds to play that
resulted in a non-displaced nasal
fracture • Also suffered an injury to
his mouth in an earlier collision
that resulted in a root canal after
the season.
2007 ACC Tournament: Played
with protective mask and averaged
10.0 points and 6.7 rebounds • Shot
39.1 percent from the floor (9 of
23) • Had 13 rebounds and was
UNC's defensive player of the
game in semifinal win vs. Boston
College • Set an ACC Tournament
championship game record for best
free throw percentage when he
made 11 for 11 from the line
against NC State.
NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds: Scored
a season-high 33 points in second
round vs. Michigan State • Most
points by a Tar Heel in the NCAA Tournament since Al Wood scored
39 vs. Virginia in the 1981 Final
Four • It was the first 30-point
game by a Tar Heel in NCAA play
since Shammond Williams had 32
vs. UNC Charlotte in 1998 • Made
10 of 17 from the floor and 13 of
17 from the line • Had 19 in the
first half • Discarded the protective
mask early in the first half of the
MSU game • Had 21 points and 10
boards against Eastern Kentucky •
Was 19 for 28 (.679) from the floor
in the two games.
NCAA East Regional: Named
to NCAA All-East Regional Team
• Had 26 points and 11 rebounds
for his 10th double-double of the
year in the season-ending loss to
Georgetown • Was his third 20-
point game in the 2007 NCAA
Tournament • Made 14 of 16 from
the free throw line against the
Hoyas • The 14 free throws tied
UNC's NCAA Tournament record
(Tommy Kearns made 14 vs. Syracuse
in 1957).
FRESHMAN SEASON
(2005-06)
Season Notes: Only player in
ACC history to earn first-team All-
America honors as a freshman •
First-team All-America by The
Sporting News and Rupp and
third-team All-America by the Associated
Press, NABC and Basketball
Times • Only the third ACC
freshman to earn AP All-America
honors (any team), joining Kenny
Anderson and Stephon Marbury of
Georgia Tech • Was the USBWA,
ESPN.com, The Sporting News
and Basketball Times National
Freshman of the Year • ACC
Rookie of the Year (unanimous) •
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 • 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 • Was second in the ACC 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) • 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) • 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 Carolina in
scoring, field goal percentage, rebounding,
steals (38) and trips to
the free throw line (187 of 253,
73.9 percent) • First UNC post
player to lead in steals since Scott
Williams in 1987-88 • First Tar
Heel freshman to lead the team in
scoring and rebounding • First Tar
Heel 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 • Made 21 straight
free throws in one stretch • Shot
Smith Center record 14 for 14 from
the line against NC 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 10 times,
tying Anderson's ACC record
set in 1989-90 • Previous
UNC record was six by
Perkins.
Carolina's defensive player
of the game five times
(Gardner-Webb, UC Santa
Barbara, Virginia Tech, at
Miami and Georgia Tech) •
Named 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).
Game Highlights
November: Posted his first double-
double with 15 points and 11
rebounds versus UC Santa Barbara
• Had nine offensive rebounds
against UCSB.
December: Grabbed 10 boards
in the win at Kentucky • Made 9 of
12 shots from the floor en route to
21 points against Saint Louis • Had
eight steals against UNC Asheville
• That tied the Smith Center record
and equaled the second-most in
any game ever by a Tar Heel • Only
the third Tar Heel to have at least
eight steals in a game (Derrick
Phelps and Dudley Bradley).
January: Scored a game-high
20 points and had four rebounds,
two assists and two steals in 82-69
win over NC State • Went 14 for 14
from the free throw line, the best
performance by a Tar Heel in a
game since Phil Ford went 16 for
16 at NC State on Feb. 24, 1976 •
Dunk with 2:32 to play broke a 69-
all tie and began a 13-0 UNC run
to end the game • Led all scorers
on both teams with 20 points and
grabbed nine rebounds in win at
Virginia Tech • Scored a key bas-ket with 1:08 to play, then made
two free throws with nine seconds
to play to seal the win • Was Carolina's
defensive player of the
game, helping to limit Coleman
Collins to just seven points on five
shot attempts • Scored 25 points
and had seven rebounds and two
blocks in 80-69 loss to Miami •
Posted his second double-double
with 18 points and 10 rebounds at
Virginia • Final play deflection of
a Florida State pass helped secure
81-80 win in Tallahassee • Scored
26 points and had a game-high
eight boards in loss to Boston College
• Led all players on both teams
with 21 points and 11 rebounds in
win over Arizona.
February: Had 15 points, eight
rebounds in win at Maryland • Led
all scorers with 25 points on 11 of
17 shooting from the floor and
added seven rebounds and two
blocks in the 80-70 win at Miami •
Set ACC single-game freshman
record, UNC freshman record and
Smith Center record with 40 points
in win over Georgia Tech • Made
13 of 17 from the floor, 14 of 19
from the line and added 10 rebounds
• Scored 23 in the first half
and 17 in the second as UNC rallied
from 50-30 deficit to win, 82-
75 • Broke ACC freshman record
of 38 points by Skip Wise of Clemson
in 1974, UNC freshman record
of 31 and Smith Center record of
38 • First 40-point game by a Tar
Heel since Shammond Williams
had 42 at Georgia Tech in 1998 •
Most points by a Tar Heel at home
since Charles Scott had 43 against
Wake Forest in 1970 • Tied his own
Smith Center record for free
throws made (14) and set arena
record for attempts (19) in a game
• Scored 15 of Carolina's 20 points
in an 11-minute span midway
through the second half in which
the Tar Heels went from eight
points behind to one point ahead •
Was first Carolina player to score
60 points in consecutive games
since Forte had 36 vs. Florida State
and 28 at Virginia in 2000-01 •
Most points by a Tar Heel in consecutive
games since Jamison had
66 (35 vs. Duke and 31 at Georgia
Tech) on Feb. 5-8, 1998.
March: Led all scorers with 27
points, 19 of which came in the
second half, in 83-76 win at topranked
Duke • Three-pointer with
two seconds left on the shot clock
gave UNC a 75-64 lead with 3:18
to play • Added 10 boards • Made
four free throws in last 11 seconds
• Played a season-high 37 minutes
• Won ACC Co-Player-of-the-
Week (first time) and Freshman-ofthe-
Week (10th time) honors for
his play vs. Virginia and at Duke •
First-team All-ACC Tournament
selection • Averaged 20.0 points
and 9.5 rebounds in two games •
Scored 23 in semifinals vs. Boston
College • Was his 13th 20-point
game, a UNC freshman record •
Led all scorers with 24 points and
shared game rebounding honors
with nine in 69-65 NCAA first
round win over Murray State •
Broke a 65-all tie with a baseline
jump hook with 42 seconds to play
• Held to 10 points in the seasonending
loss to George Mason, his
second-lowest scoring output of
the year.
PREP/PERSONAL
Led Poplar Bluff High School to
back-to-back state championships
his last two years • Coached by
John David Patillo • Scored more
than 2,500 career points • Had 29
points, 16 rebounds and two blocks
in 72-56 win over Vashon High in
state Class 5 championship game
(ended Vashon's 60-game win
streak) • Averaged 28.2 points and
13.4 rebounds as a senior • Season
high of 44 points (scored 40 or
more three times) • Averaged 26
points in six playoff games, including
30 in state semifinals and
finals • Gatorade Player of the Year
in Missouri • McDonald's and Parade
All-America • Had 15 points
and eight rebounds in the McDonald's
All-America game • Had 24
points and nine rebounds and was
named co-MVP of the Jordan Classic
• High School retired his number
50 • Scored 31 points in 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 • Born Andrew
Tyler Hansbrough on November 3,
1985 • Son of Gene Hansbrough
and Tami Hansbrough.
