Tar Heel alums predict pro success for Hansbrough

Posted Mar 14, 2009
Sometime soon, Tyler Hansbrough will end one of college basketball's great careers and move on to a very good pro one. Won't he? "He's a Carolina guy," New Jersey's Vince Carter said. "Think about it." The Tar Heels are a tight basketball fraternity -- Larry Brown was out of work until fellow Carolina guy Michael Jordan gave him a job in Charlotte -- so Carter's opinion isn't surprising. (Pro Basketball News)

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