SI 2008 Player of the Year
Posted in Tarheel Basketball by John E. Pannell on March 6th, 2008 at 12:08 am 
Sports Illustrated has named junior forward Tyler Hansbrough as their 2008 National Player of the Year. In the article announcing this choice Grant Wahl writes about a photo that Coach Williams keeps on his desk:
On the office desk of his Chapel Hill home, next to the portraits of his wife and children, North Carolina coach Roy Williams keeps a framed 8-by-10 picture of a young man drenched in his own blood.
No, Ol’ Roy doesn’t harbor a soft spot for slasher films. But he does for Tar Heels junior forward Tyler Hansbrough, and to Williams the photograph — taken a half hour after Duke’s Gerald Henderson broke Hansbrough’s nose with a flagrant foul last season — symbolizes the epic toughness of college basketball’s fiercest gladiator. “He has two cotton swabs up his nose and blood all over his arms and jersey, and he says, ‘How do I look, Coach?’ ” says Williams, who can’t help but giggle at the memory. “What a goofball.”
Carolina again faces dook this Saturday in their last regular season game of the year. Carolina lost their earlier match up this season. I hope this announcement doesn’t encourage the Blue Devils too much.
You can read Grant Wahl’s entire article here.
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