Hansbrough Sporting News National Player Of The Year

First off I want to congratulate Tyler Hansbrough on his amazing career thus far. His jersey will soon be up there with Jordan's, Jamison's, and the other UNC greats. The junior was honored as national player of the year by Sporting News on Tuesday, ensuring he will become just the eighth Tar Heel to have his number retired. He has been everything a Tar Heel fan like myself could ask for. His hustle, passion, and hard work is absolutely remarkable. I have never seen a player of his talent level hustle and work as hard as he does. He leaves everything on the floor every time he steps foot on it. How anyone could not appreciate him is astonishing to me. Not only is he supremely talented, he does everything he can to make sure the team gets the win. In this day and age that is extremely rare. You can have your Kevin Durants and Michael Beasleys all day, give me Tyler Hansbrough. He is a true leader and knows how to win. Thanks Tyler for all you have done for the Tar Heel Nation, you are certainly one of the greatest of all-time.

#3 UNC Rolls, #4 Duke and #24 Kansas State Stumble

• North Carolina entered tonights game 24-2 and began its 5th straight game without star point guard Ty Lawson. With Lawson still out with a high ankle sprain, Hansbrough put the Heels on his back and carried them to a 84-70 win. The three time All American finished with 32 points and 12 boards. Ellington added 21 points as the Heels move to 25-2 and 10-2 in the ACC. Next up for UNC is Wake Forest on Sunday in Chapel Hill.
• Duke, coming off a loss to Wake, took on Miami Fl. Duke entered the game 22-2 and ranked 4th in the country. But Miami wasn't impressed, they jumped out to a big lead in the second half and held off a late run by Duke to gain a 96-95 victory over coach k and his dukies. The Hurricane victory was the first against Duke in 45 years! YES 45! Big win for the Canes ! Props to James Dews , a sophomore guard for UM, a former teammate of mine.
• Freshman phenoms Michael Beasley and Bill Walker, led Kansas State against an average at best Nebraska team. Beasley maybe underestimated Nebraska just a tad, before the game he said that he "might just go for 50 tonight" well..... lets say he didn't quite get there, his team barely did for that matter. Beasley was only able to muster 17 points. Walker with only 12. Nebraska edged out K-State 71-64. Beasley was able to tie former Syracuse forward Carmelo Anthony for the most double doubles by a freshman.
• #1 Memphis stayed unbeaten as they got a 97-71 victory over Tulane
• #2 Tennessee beat Auburn 89-70. Setting up a 1 vs 2 matchup Sat. night.
• #8 Butler beat Illinois-Chicago
• #10 Wisconsin took care of Illinois
• #17 Michigan State waxed Penn State. Props to Raymar Morgan
  
• Rounding out the top 25, #24 Marquettte beat St Johns
  

March Madness Right Around The Corner

Its almost that time of year again, a time for buzzer-beaters, cinderella teams, and office pools. A time where stars are born and dreams are crushed. For me its the most exciting time of the year. This year looks to be as intriguing as any, with the parody in college basketball it is impossible to name a final four at this point. You have your usuals to chose from such as: North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, and Kansas. But there are several other teams that have a good chance of making the Final Four, Memphis, Stanford, Tennessee, Xavier, and Texas all have the talent to get there. Every Sunday until the brackets are revealed I will update my field of 65 , so check back periodically to see if your team will be dancing in march or will be on the wrong side of the bubble.

RA