Tyler Hansbrough Basketball

EAST LANSING — Top-ranked North Carolina will get its first glimpse of Detroit's Ford Field during Wednesday's ACC/Big Ten Challenge showdown with Michigan State.  

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina coach Roy Williams said (again) he does not know whether forward Tyler Hansbrough will play against No. 13 Michigan State in Detroit on Wednesday night. The senior has missed four games this season because of a stress reaction in his right shin, then a “tweaked” left...  

EAST LANSING - Tyler Hansbrough is the face of what might be the best college basketball team in many years, and his injured shin is getting all the headlines.  

— Will Tyler Hansbrough play? Roy Williams answered Tuesday before he was even asked. “I do not know,” Williams stated. An ESPN report — not to mention the popular logic of most college basketball observers — says Hansbrough will be on the floor.  

It's unclear if North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, last season's national Player of the Year, will play Wednesday against Michigan State because of a lingering problem in his right shin.  

UNC All American Tyler Hansbrough did not play against UNCA on Sunday because his left ankle – which he tweaked in his season debut, at Santa Barbara on Nov. 21 – stiffened up on the plane ride home from Maui. It marked the fourth game of the season he was sidelined because of the ankle and/or a...  

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina All American Tyler Hansbrough did not play in the Tar Heel's 116-48 blowout over UNC Asheville onSunday because his left ankle — which he tweaked in his season debut, at Santa Barbara on Nov. 21, stiffened up on the plane ride home from Maui. It marked the fourth...  

CHAPEL HILL — All American Tyler Hansbrough is sitting out his fourth game of the season, but top-ranked North Carolina is still dominating UNC Asheville 53-19 at halftime. The Bulldogs opened the game with a 6-2 lead, but  the Tar Heels switched to a tiny lineup — with 6-foot-6 Danny Green...  

Tyler Hansbrough took the night off after using his will and determination to bring a man back from the dead. Indeed, his airplane emergency skills are special. UNC-Asheville didn’t pose any problems for the Hansbrahless Heels, with Ty Lawson scoring 22 points and Danny Green adding 18 in a 116...  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Ty Lawson scored 22 points to help No. 1 North Carolina beat North Carolina-Asheville 116-48 on Sunday despite playing without national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough. Danny Green scored 18 points for the Tar Heels (7-0 ...  

Ty Lawson scored 22 points to help No. 1 North Carolina beat North Carolina-Asheville 116-48 on Sunday despite playing without National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough.  

Ty Lawson scored 22 points to help No. 1 North Carolina beat North Carolina-Asheville 116-48 on Sunday despite playing without national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough.  

Ty Lawson scored 22 points to help No. 1 North Carolina beat North Carolina-Asheville, 116-48, on Sunday night despite playing without national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough.  

(Robbi Pickeral, Staff Writer) There will be a big void for UNC-Asheville when it plays top-ranked North Carolina this evening.One that Tar Heel All-American Tyler Hansbrough, in particular, will miss.Kenny George, the 7-foot-7 center who led the nation in field-goal percentage last season, was...  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- National player of the year Tyler Hansbrough will not play for top-ranked North Carolina against North Carolina-Asheville on Sunday night for precautionary reasons as he recovers from a preseason shin injury.