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Hansbrough thrives under big-time pressure

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, January 19, 2007

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Give Tyler Hansbrough credit for being a young man who knows who he is and what makes him tick. Put him on the court and he wants nothing more than to be in the middle of a scrum. Take him off the court and he would like to be in the middle of a peaceful lake -- fishing, laughing and just kicking back with friends. There is a certain Mark Twain character in Hansbrough. He is the small-town kid who made himself into a big-time college -- and possible NBA -- player. But he ...

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