Andrew Tyler Hansbrough was born on November 3,1985 and is an American professional basketball player who last played for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
46 Facts About Tyler Hansbrough
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Tyler Hansbrough has played in the National Basketball Association for seven seasons, as well as internationally.
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In college, Hansbrough was a star with the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2005 to 2009.
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Tyler Hansbrough was the first player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to be named first-team All-ACC four times and to be a first-team All-American four times.
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Tyler Hansbrough was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2006 and ACC Player of the Year in 2008; he swept all national player of the year awards in 2008.
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Tyler Hansbrough won an NCAA championship in his senior season at North Carolina in 2009.
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Tyler Hansbrough played four seasons for the Pacers, two seasons for the Toronto Raptors and one season for the Charlotte Hornets.
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Tyler Hansbrough later played in the NBA Development League and in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Tyler Hansbrough attended Poplar Bluff High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where he led the Mules to back-to-back state championships and scored more than 2,500 career points.
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Tyler Hansbrough averaged 28 points and 7.3 rebounds as a senior.
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Tyler Hansbrough had 15 points and eight rebounds in the McDonald's All-America game, and had 24 points and nine rebounds and was named co-MVP of the Jordan Brand Classic.
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Tyler Hansbrough was honored by The Sporting News and Rupp, and was named third-team All-America by the Associated Press, NABC and Basketball Times.
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Tyler Hansbrough was only the third ACC freshman to earn AP All-America honors, joining Kenny Anderson and Stephon Marbury of Georgia Tech.
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Tyler Hansbrough was selected the National Freshman of the Year by USBWA, ESPN.
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On February 15,2006, Tyler Hansbrough set a Dean Smith Center scoring record and an ACC freshman scoring record when he scored 40 points in a home game against Georgia Tech.
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Tyler Hansbrough had the highest scoring average ever by a Tar Heel freshman at 18.9 per game, good for second in the ACC in scoring.
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Tyler Hansbrough became the first Tar Heel freshman to lead the team in scoring and rebounding, and was the first Tar Heel to lead his team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and steals in the same season.
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Tyler Hansbrough was a unanimous first-team All-ACC selection for the second consecutive year and led UNC in scoring with an average of 18.4 points per game.
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Tyler Hansbrough led the team and was second in the ACC in rebounds and grabbed double figures in rebounds 11 times.
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Tyler Hansbrough was sixth in the ACC in field goal percentage and ninth in free throw percentage, and was one of three players to rank in the Top 10 in both field goal and free throw percentage.
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Tyler Hansbrough became the 11th Tar Heel to earn NPOY honors and was the fourth player in ACC history to win National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and NCAA Regional MVP honors in the same season.
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Tyler Hansbrough was voted the ACC Male Athlete of the Year, only the third Tar Heel to win the award in 24 years, and became the third player in ACC history to be unanimously selected three times to the All-ACC team, joining North Carolina State's David Thompson and Duke's Art Heyman.
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Tyler Hansbrough was second in total points in the NCAA behind Davidson's Stephen Curry, and had 399 rebounds, a UNC single-season record.
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On February 3,2008, in a game against Florida State, Tyler Hansbrough broke Lennie Rosenbluth's 51-year-old school record for made free throws.
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Tyler Hansbrough finished third in the ACC Player of the Year balloting behind Lawson and Florida State's Toney Douglas, after finishing the year second in the ACC in scoring at 20.7 points per game and sixth in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and rebounding.
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Tyler Hansbrough made a career-best 28 straight free throws early in the season and shot a career-best 84.1 percent from the free throw line, improving his free throw accuracy for a third straight season.
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 18 points in each of North Carolina's Final Four wins against Villanova and Michigan State, helping the Tar Heels win the 2009 NCAA championship and subsequently being named to the All-Final Four team.
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On December 18,2008, in a home game against Evansville, Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina's all-time career scoring record, surpassing a 30-year-old mark held by Phil Ford.
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Ten days later, Tyler Hansbrough grabbed his 1,000th career rebound in a game against Rutgers, becoming one of seven UNC players to record 1,000 career rebounds.
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Tyler Hansbrough was the first player in ACC history to earn first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC honors in each of his four seasons.
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Tyler Hansbrough finished his career with a league-record 2,872 points and a school-record 1,219 rebounds to go with the NCAA record of 982 made free throws.
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In 2008, Tyler Hansbrough swept all major individual honors in men's college basketball.
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Since Tyler Hansbrough won all six, he had his number 50 retired during halftime against Duke on February 10,2010.
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In 2009, Tyler Hansbrough was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft.
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Tyler Hansbrough was limited to 29 games in his rookie season due to assorted injuries including a season-long bout with vertigo.
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Tyler Hansbrough averaged 11 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
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On June 30,2013, the Pacers tendered a qualifying offer to make Tyler Hansbrough a restricted free agent.
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However, two days later, the Pacers rescinded their qualifying offer to Tyler Hansbrough, making him an unrestricted free agent.
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Tyler Hansbrough signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors on July 15,2013.
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On July 22,2015, Tyler Hansbrough signed a one-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets.
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On March 1,2017, Tyler Hansbrough was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.
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Tyler Hansbrough signed with the Guangzhou Long-Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association on July 26,2017.
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In October 2018, Tyler Hansbrough signed with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, returning to China for a second stint.
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On November 28,2019, Tyler Hansbrough was reported to have signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales.
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Tyler Hansbrough made his broadcasting debut on February 18,2021, as a color commentator for the ACC Network when the North Carolina Tar Heels took on the Northeastern Huskies.
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Tyler Hansbrough's father is an orthopedic surgeon, while his mother served as an associate director of development at the UNC School of Dentistry between 2008 and 2012.