While Tyler's away ...

Posted Nov 5, 2008
Deon Thompson has spent a good portion of his North Carolina career getting used to playing with the force of nature that is Tyler Hansbrough on the basketball court. With Hansbrough out for the foreseeable future with a stress reaction in his right shin -- the official timeline is 10 more days and then UNC will re-evaluate -- Thompson is having to take the opposite tack: Remembering how to play when the big fella isn't the attraction down low. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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