Tyler Hansbrough Unanimous First-Team All-American

Posted Mar 31, 2008

Tyler Hansbrough, who earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the NCAA East Regional with a 28-point, 13-rebound performance against Louisville, has earned unanimous first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press. He is the fifth Tar Heel to win consensus All-America honors on two occasions and the first since Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins accomplished it in 1983 and 1984. (Inside Carolina)

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