Jayhawks hope to contain Hansbrough

Posted Apr 5, 2008

Darnell Jackson knows that Kansas isn't going to stop UNC's AP national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough in tonight's Final Four semifinal. The key, according to Jackson, is how well the Jayhawks respond to everything Hansbrough, a 6-foot-9 junior forward, throws at them. "I haven't seen anybody like him," said Jackson. "He's a totally different machine. In his mind he thinks he's unstoppable and tries to dunk everything. (Topeka Capital-Journal)

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