North Carolina Tar Heel Basketball

(By Robbi Pickeral, Raleigh News & Observer) CHAPEL HILL — So this is what North Carolina would have looked like had Tyler Hansbrough gone pro early: early. Good thing Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green didn’t. With the reigning National Player of the Year on the bench until at least...  

Danny Green is starting instead of dancing. Bobby Frasor is playing instead of healing. Tyler Hansbrough is cheering instead of dominating. UNC leads UNC-Pembroke 44-25 at halftime.  

With Tyler Hansbrough on the sidelines, his veteran teammates led the top-ranked Tar Heels to a 102-62 exhibition victory Saturday night over UNC Pembroke.  

Tyler Hansbrough is the great hope of the Tar Heel State. Well at least part of it.  

The pickup games were part of their summer ritual; just good competition among the core group of North Carolina players. But Tyler Hansbrough had believed last summer would be different. He thought it would be their last hurrah before the young men went their separate ways this winter.  

1. North Carolina Punch up Dictionary.com and under the definition of loaded you are likely to find a picture not of John Daly, but of Roy Williams. For a different reason. The Tar Heels coach would be wearing an ear-to-ear grin. Turns out UNC has a terrific retention plan. Tyler Hansbrough...  

North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough, the consensus national player of the year, has a stress reaction in his right shin, the school said last night.  

North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough, the consensus national player of the year, has a stress reaction in his right shin and is out indefinitely, the school said last night.  

North Carolina: The return of Ty Lawson, Danny Green and Wayne Ellington from their NBA draft flirtation makes the Tar Heels a prohibitive favorite to win it all - if Tyler Hansbrough's shin holds up.  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Tyler Hansbrough emerged from the tunnel to loud cheers from the Smith Center crowd. Yet as his North Carolina teammates warmed up for their exhibition game Saturday, the reigning national player of the year plopped down on the bench to stay.  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough is out of practice indefinitely with a stress reaction condition in his right shin. The reigning Associated Press...  

Defending National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough watched from the sideline Sunday as his North Carolina teammates played Vanderbilt in a scrimmage that was closed to observers in keeping with NCAA rules. As strange as that must have been for the senior forward -- who has never missed a...  

It's no surprise Tyler Hansbrough made The Associated Press' preseason All-America team -- this is his record third straight year as its leading vote-getter. For the first time, however, the North Carolina forward was a unanimous selection. ... - By Jim O'Connell Associated Press  

(By Robbi Pickeral, robbi.pickeral@newsobserver.com) North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough, the consensus national player of the year, was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right shin coach Roy Williams announced Thursday in a statement. Hansbrough, a senior, is out indefinitely. Reached...  

North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough is out of practice indefinitely with a stress reaction condition in his right shin. The reigning Associated Press player of the year did not practice Thursday. Instead, he underwent an MRI that revealed the stress reaction, which if not properly treated could...