Tyler Hansbrough
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| Indiana Pacers - No. 50 | |
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| Power Forward | |
| Born | November 3, 1985 Poplar Bluff, Missouri
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| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 9 |
| Weight | 245 lbs |
| League | NBA |
| High School | Poplar Bluff HS (MO) |
| College | North Carolina |
| Draft | 13th overall in 2009 by the Indiana Pacers |
| Pro career | 2009-Present |
Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985 in Columbia, Missouri), nicknamed "Psycho T", is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. Hansbrough was a member of the 2006 and 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference All Conference Team and the 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year.
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High School
Hansbrough attended Poplar Bluff High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and led the Mules to consecutive Missouri state championships in the MSHSAA (Missouri State High School Activities Association) Class 5 for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 seasons. In 2005, Hansbrough helped Poplar Bluff beat the then undefeated and number one team in the nation, Vashon High School. While in high school he made the Missouri All-State team twice and averaged 28.2 points and 13.4 rebounds per game as a senior. Hansbrough accepted an offer to play basketball for North Carolina, turning down scholarship offers to play at Duke, Florida, Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky.
College
Freshman Season
Tyler Hansbrough was the first freshman ever to lead the University of North Carolina in scoring with an average of 18.9 points per game. He was second in the ACC in scoring behind J.J. Redick of Duke. Additionally, Hansbrough was unanimously selected as the 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year and was also a unanimous selection to the 2006 All Conference Team. He was second to Redick in voting for the ACC Player of the Year award. Hansbrough’s most memorable game as a freshman came on February 15, 2006 when he scored 40 points in a home game against Georgia Tech. This mark set the record for most points ever scored by a freshman in a game in ACC history and for the most points scored in the Dean Smith Center (the previous high had been 38 points by Joseph Forte in 2000 vs. Tulsa).
Sophomore Season
With the University of North Carolina signing what was considered by many publications to be the best recruiting class in the country in 2006, Tyler Hansbrough’s minutes per game took a slight drop but he was just as productive as he was during his freshman season. At the end of the regular season, Hansbrough was averaging 18.8 points per game along with 8.0 rebounds per game.
On March 4, 2007, Gerald Henderson Jr. of Duke crashed into Hansbrough with his right elbow with 14.5 seconds remaining in the game, breaking Hansbrough's nose. Henderson was ejected from the game and received an automatic one-game suspension for a "combative foul."
On April 10, 2007 at Carolina's annual basketball banquet Tyler, along with Freshman point guard Ty Lawson, announced their return for the 2007-2008 season.
NBA
Hansbrough was selected in the first round (13th pick overall) of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers.
All–time records
Hansbrough held these records at the the time of his graduation
NCAA
- Most Free Throws Made, Career: 968 (2005-09)
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Most Career Points: 2,836 (2005-09)
- Most Career Points as a Junior: 2,168 (2005-08)
- Most Free Throws Made, Career: 968 (2005-09)
- Most Free Throws Made, Single Season: 304 (2007-08)
- Most Career 20-point games: 75 (2005-09)
- Most Double-figure Scoring Games, Single Season: 39 (2007-08)
- Ties Mark Alarie (Duke, 1985-86) and Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1985-86)
- Most ACC Rookie of the Week awards: 10 (2005-2006) - ties Kenny Anderson (Georgia Tech, 1989-90)
- Most Single-Season ACC Player of the Week awards: 8 (2007-08)
- First Freshman to be a Unanimous All-ACC First Team Selection (2006)
- First player in ACC history to be unanimously selected four times to the ACC All-Conference Team
- 1 of only 4 players (with Danny Green and Wake Forest's Tim Duncan and Rusty LaRue) to beat Mike Krzyzewski-coached teams four times at Cameron Indoor Stadium
- Only player in ACC history to be named unanimous first-team All-ACC four times
- 1 of only 8 players in ACC history to compile 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds
- joining Len Chappell and Tim Duncan (Wake Forest Demon Deacons); Danny Ferry, Mike Gminski, and Christian Laettner, (Duke); Sam Perkins (UNC); and Ralph Sampson (Virginia)
- #4 - Career ACC Player of the Week awards: 10 (one in 2005-06, eight in 2007-08 and one in 2008-09)
- Record: 12 by Antawn Jamison (one in 1995-96, four in 1996-97 and seven in 1997-98) and J. J. Redick (Duke, 2002-06)
- #4 - Points and Rebounds Combined, Single Season: 1,281 (2007-08)
- Record: 1,402 by Len Chappell (Wake Forest, 1961-62)
- #4 - Freshman Per Game Scoring Average: 18.94 (2005-06)
- Record: 20.6 by Kenny Anderson (Georgia Tech, 1989-90)
- #5 - Freshman Field Goal Percentage: .570 (2005-06)
- Record: .626 by Sam Perkins (UNC, 1980-81)
- #5 - Career Scoring as a Sophomore: 1,286 (2006-07)
- Record: 1,497 by Kenny Anderson (Georgia Tech, 1990-91)
- #5 - Career Rebounding as a Junior: 943 (2005-08)
- Record: 1,125 by Ralph Sampson (Virginia)
- #6 - Scoring, Single Season: 882 points (2007-08)
- Record: 970 points by Dennis Scott (Georgia Tech 1989-90)
- #11 (Tied) - Consecutive Double-Figure Games: 55
- Record: 86 by Jeff Mullins (Duke, 1964 )
- #14 - Rebounds, Single Season: 399 (2007-08)
- Record: 581 by Ronnie Shavlik (N.C. State, 1954-55)
- Tyler Hansbrough has earned the following honors in 2008: National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player and NCAA Tournament Regional MVP. Just three other players in ACC history have won all of the above honors in the same season: UNC’s Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Duke’s Christian Laettner (1992) and UNC’s Antawn Jamison (1998).
University of North Carolina
As of May 28, 2009
- Most Career Points 2,836 (2005-09)
- Most Career Rebounds 1,219 (2005-09)
- Most Points and Rebounds Combined, Career: 4,055
- Most Career Points as a Junior: 2,168 (2005-08)
- Most Points by Two Players, Single Season: Tyler Hansbrough (882) and Wayne Ellington (647); 1,529 combined (2007-08)
- Most Points and Rebounds Combined, Single Season: 1,281 (2007-08)
- Most Free Throws Attempted, Career: 1,241
- Most Free Throws Made, Career: 982
- Most Field Goals Made, Career: 939
- Most Rebounds, Single Season: 399 (2007-08)
- Most Points by a Tar Heel in the Dean Smith Center in a single season: 385
- Most Free Throws Attempted, Single Season: 377 (2007-08)
- Most Free Throws Made, Single Season: 304 (2007-08)
- Most Career Double-Figure Scoring Games: 126 (2005-09)
- Most Career 20-point games: 75 (2005-09)
- Reached 1,000 points in his 54th game, the fastest Tar Heel who played as a true freshman
- Most Points for a Freshman in an individual game: 40 against Georgia Tech, February 15, 2006.
- Most Points by a Tar Heel in the Dean Smith Center in an individual game: 40 against Georgia Tech, February 15, 2006
- Second-Most Points by a Tar Heel in the Dean Smith Center in an individual game: 39 against Clemson, February 10, 2008
- Most Double-Figure Scoring Games, Single Season: 39
- Highest Scoring Average in the Dean Smith Center in a single season: 24.1 points (2007-08)
- Highest Scoring Average as a Freshman: 18.9 points (2005-06)
- Most Free Throws Made in an individual game in the Dean Smith Center: 17 against Clemson, February 10, 2008
- Most Steals in the Dean Smith Center in an individual game: 8 against UNC-Asheville, December 28, 2005
- Ties Derrick Phelps vs. Central Florida, December 7, 1991
- Most Single-Season ACC Player of the Week awards: 8 (2007-08)
- First and only Tar Heel to be named unanimous first-team All-ACC four times
- Second of only 2 Tar Heels (with Pete Brennan, All-America forward on 1957 national championship team) to score 1,000 points with more made free throws than field goals
- Fourth Tar Heel to be named ACC Player of the Year and Tournament MVP in the same season (with Lennie Rosenbluth 1957, Larry Miller 1967 and 1968, Antawn Jamison 1998)
- Fifth Tar Heel (first since 1984) to be a three-time, first-team All-America (with Jack Cobb 1924-26, Phil Ford 1976-78, Mike O’Koren 1978-80 and Sam Perkins 1982-84)
- Sixth 2,000-point scorer in UNC history
- Seventh UNC player to record 1,000 career rebounds
- #2 - UNC Scoring Trio, Single Season: Tyler Hansbrough (882 points), Wayne Ellington (647), and Danny Green (447); 1,976 points combined (2007-08)
- Record: 2,051 points by Antawn Jamison (822), Shammond Williams (637), and Vince Carter (592) in 1997-98
- #2 - Career Scoring as a Sophomore: 1,286 points
- Record: 1,290 points by Antawn Jamison (2000-01)
- #2 - Single Season Scoring: 882 points (2007-08)
- Record: 895 points by Lennie Rosenbluth (1956-57)
- #2 - Consecutive Double-Figure Games: 55
- Record: 64 by Larry Miller
- #2 - Most Steals in an individual game: 8
- Record: 9 by Derrick Phelps at Georgia Tech, Feb. 2, 1992
- #3 - Highest Scoring Average as a Freshman: 587 (2005-06)
- Record: 600 points by Joseph Forte (1999-2000)
- #5 - Freshman Field Goal Percentage: 57.0 (2005-06)
- Record: 62.6 by Sam Perkins (1980-81)
- #5 - 20 or more points in consecutive games: 9 (twice) (from Feb. 3 to March 4, 2008 and from Nov. 26, 2008 to Jan. 7, 2009) - ties Michael Jordan (1983-84)
- #6 - Single-Season Double-Doubles (Points and Rebounds): 19
- Record: 22 by Billy Cunningham (1964)
- #9 - Single-Season Scoring, Points Per Game: 22.6 (2008)
- Record: 28.0 points by Lennie Rosenbluth (1957)
- Reached 2,000 points in his 100th career game at North Carolina, becoming the third-fastest Tar Heel to reach that milestone.
- Record: 75 games by Lennie Rosenbluth
UNC Records
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Poplar Bluff High School
- Most total Points: 1,663
- Most Points in a season: 689, in 2004
- Most Rebounds in a game: 19, on two separate occasions
Awards
- 2009 Sporting News College Basketball Athlete of the Decade
- 2009 Consensus First-team All-America (Sports Illustrated, Sporting News, USBWA, ESPN.com, Associated Press)
- 2009 All-ACC First Team Selection (unanimous)
- 2009 NCAA All-Tournament Team
- 2009 First-team All-District (NABC, USBWA)
- 2008 ACC Male Athlete of the Year (Kevlin Award)
- 2008 National Player of the Year (Naismith Award, Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com, Adolph Rupp Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy, John R. Wooden Award)
- 2008 Unanimous First-team All-America (Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, USBWA, ESPN.com, Basketball Times, FoxSports.com, Associated Press)
- 2008 ACC Player of the Year (unanimous)
- 2008 All-ACC First Team Selection (unanimous)
- 2008 Charlotte, North Carolina NCAA Regional MOP
- 2008 ACC Tournament MVP
- 2008 First-Team ACC All-Tournament Team
- 2008 District Player of the Year (USBWA)
- 2008 First-team All-District (NABC, USBWA)
- 9-time ACC Player of the Week (Mar. 6, 2006 (co-winner); Nov. 26, Dec. 10, Dec. 24, Dec. 31 (co-winner), 2007; Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 25, Mar. 16, 2008)
- 2007 Las Vegas Invitational MVP
- 2008 Preseason ACC Player of the Year
- 2008 Preseason First-Team All-ACC
- 2007 NABC First Team All-American
- 2007 Sporting News First Team All-American
- 2007 AP Second Team All-American
- 2007 All-ACC First Team Selection (unanimous)
- 2006 First-team All-America (Sporting News, Rupp)
- 2006 Third-team All-America (AP, NABC, Basketball Times)
- 2006 National Freshman of the Year (ESPN.com, SI.com, Sporting News, USBWA, Basketball Times)
- 2006 First-team All-ACC (unanimous) (Hansbrough is the first freshman ever to earn this honor by a unanimous vote)
- 2006 ACC Rookie of the Year (unanimous)
- 2006 ACC All-Freshman Team (unanimous)
- 2006 All-ACC Tournament first-team
- 2006 Wooden Award Finalist (one of 22)
- 2006 Rupp Award Finalist
- 2006 USBWA All-District Team
- 2006 NABC All-District Team
- 2006 10-time ACC Freshman of the Week (ties Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech for most all time)
- 2005 McDonald's All-American
- 2005 Parade All-American
- Poplar Bluff Showdown All-Tournament Team (2002-05)
- SEMO All-Conference Team (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05)
- Missouri All-State Team (2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05)
