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University of North Carolina Athletics
Patterson Medal Winners
Tyler Hansbrough
- Induction:
- 2009
- Class:
- 2009
2009— Tyler Hansbrough: Men’s Basketball (Poplar Bluff, Mo.)
Tyler Hansbrough is the most accomplished player in Carolina men’s basketball history. The Poplar Bluff, Mo., native led Carolina to the 2009 NCAA championship and 2008 Final Four, three regular-season ACC titles, two ACC Tournament championships, three No. 1 NCAA Tournament seeds and a 120-22 overall record.
He remains the only four-time first-team All-America and first-team all-conference honoree in ACC history, became the first four-time first-team All-America at any school in the country since 1947 and the first three-time first-team All-America in college basketball since 1985.
He was the 2008 National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Male Athlete of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and NCAA East Regional MVP.
He is the ACC’s all-time leading scorer with 2,872 points, breaking Phil Ford’s UNC record which had stood since 1978 and J.J. Redick’s ACC record.
Hansbrough set the NCAA record for made free throws with 982, became Carolina’s all-time leading scorer in NCAA Tournament games with 325 points, the fourth most all-time behind only Christian Laettner, Elvin Hayes and Danny Manning and broke Sam Perkins’s UNC record for rebounds (since broken in 2023 by Armando Bacot).
He was one of four players (with Danny Green and Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan and Rusty LaRue) to go 4-0 at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium against Mike Krzyzewski-coached teams and led Carolina to an 18-4 record against in-state ACC opponents Duke, NC State and Wake Forest.
He was a first-round draft pick by the Indiana Pacers and played seven seasons in the NBA.
In 2023, Hansbrough became the 14th Tar Heel player or coach inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Tyler Hansbrough is the most accomplished player in Carolina men’s basketball history. The Poplar Bluff, Mo., native led Carolina to the 2009 NCAA championship and 2008 Final Four, three regular-season ACC titles, two ACC Tournament championships, three No. 1 NCAA Tournament seeds and a 120-22 overall record.
He remains the only four-time first-team All-America and first-team all-conference honoree in ACC history, became the first four-time first-team All-America at any school in the country since 1947 and the first three-time first-team All-America in college basketball since 1985.
He was the 2008 National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Male Athlete of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and NCAA East Regional MVP.
He is the ACC’s all-time leading scorer with 2,872 points, breaking Phil Ford’s UNC record which had stood since 1978 and J.J. Redick’s ACC record.
Hansbrough set the NCAA record for made free throws with 982, became Carolina’s all-time leading scorer in NCAA Tournament games with 325 points, the fourth most all-time behind only Christian Laettner, Elvin Hayes and Danny Manning and broke Sam Perkins’s UNC record for rebounds (since broken in 2023 by Armando Bacot).
He was one of four players (with Danny Green and Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan and Rusty LaRue) to go 4-0 at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium against Mike Krzyzewski-coached teams and led Carolina to an 18-4 record against in-state ACC opponents Duke, NC State and Wake Forest.
He was a first-round draft pick by the Indiana Pacers and played seven seasons in the NBA.
In 2023, Hansbrough became the 14th Tar Heel player or coach inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
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