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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders <m> with 7:41 to go </m> .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a <m> bank shot </m> over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the <m> record </m> by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by <m> muscling in </m> a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He <m> set </m> the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to <m> go </m> .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
31_6ecb.xml_24 | train | evt | 31_6ecb.xml | 0 | Tyler Hansbrough scored 20 points to break North Carolina 's career scoring record and help the top-ranked Tar Heels remain unbeaten with a 91-73 victory over Evansville on Thursday night . | 14 | 14 | 87 | 91 | help | 10000002414 | help | ['tyler', 'hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'break', 'north', 'carolina', 'career', 'scoring', 'record', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'tar', 'heels', 'remain', 'unbeaten', '91-73', 'victory', 'evansville', 'thursday', 'night'] | Tyler Hansbrough scored 20 points to break North Carolina 's career scoring record and <m> help </m> the top-ranked Tar Heels remain unbeaten with a 91-73 victory over Evansville on Thursday night . | Tyler Hansbrough scored 20 points to break North Carolina 's career scoring record and <m> help </m> the top-ranked Tar Heels remain unbeaten with a 91-73 victory over Evansville on Thursday night .
The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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The reigning national player of the year finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures shortly after Hansbrough passed Phil Ford for the record midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
Hansbrough , who needed nine points coming in , tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half .
He set the record by muscling in a bank shot over two defenders with 7:41 to go .
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points for the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a <m> plethora </m> of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two <m> Purple Aces </m> defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke <m> North Carolina </m> 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against <m> Evansville </m> .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the <m> National Player of the Year </m> , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on <m> him </m> with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces <m> defenders </m> hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
<m> Phil Ford </m> 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but <m> Hansbrough </m> , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward <m> Tyler Hansbrough </m> broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner <m> in the lane </m> with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of <m> 2,290 points </m> set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set <m> in 1978 </m> held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him <m> with 7:42 left in the first half </m> .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in <m> Thursday </m> 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented <m> Tar Heels </m> over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 <m> held </m> strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough <m> leaner </m> in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's <m> game </m> against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders <m> hanging on </m> him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , <m> moved into </m> the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his <m> senior season </m> after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who <m> came back </m> for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being <m> crowned </m> the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
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Forward Tyler Hansbrough <m> broke </m> North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
31_8ecb.xml_35 | train | evt | 31_8ecb.xml | 2 | Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half . | 8 | 8 | 41 | 44 | set | 10000002429 | set | ['phil', 'ford', 'school', 'mark', '2,290', 'point', 'set', '1978', 'hold', 'strong', 'plethora', 'talented', 'tar', 'heels', 'year', 'hansbrough', 'come', 'his', 'senior', 'season', 'crown', 'national', 'player', 'year', 'move', 'spot', 'tough', 'lean', 'lane', 'purple', 'aces', 'defender', 'hang', 'he', '7:42', 'left', 'half'] | Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points <m> set </m> in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half . | Hansbrough breaks 30-year-old UNC scoring mark
Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points <m> set </m> in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
31_8ecb.xml_36 | train | evt | 31_8ecb.xml | 1 | Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville . | 8 | 9 | 58 | 72 | scoring record | ACT17050876360621871 | scoring | ['forward', 'tyler', 'hansbrough', 'break', 'north', 'carolina', 'all-time', 'scoring', 'record', 'thursday', 'game', 'evansville'] | Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time <m> scoring record </m> in Thursday 's game against Evansville . | Hansbrough breaks 30-year-old UNC scoring mark
Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time <m> scoring record </m> in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
31_8ecb.xml_37 | train | evt | 31_8ecb.xml | 2 | Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half . | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | mark | ACT17050876360621871 | mark | ['phil', 'ford', 'school', 'mark', '2,290', 'point', 'set', '1978', 'hold', 'strong', 'plethora', 'talented', 'tar', 'heels', 'year', 'hansbrough', 'come', 'his', 'senior', 'season', 'crown', 'national', 'player', 'year', 'move', 'spot', 'tough', 'lean', 'lane', 'purple', 'aces', 'defender', 'hang', 'he', '7:42', 'left', 'half'] | Phil Ford 's school <m> mark </m> of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half . | Hansbrough breaks 30-year-old UNC scoring mark
Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school <m> mark </m> of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
31_8ecb.xml_62 | train | evt | 31_8ecb.xml | 2 | Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the top spot with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half . | 47 | 48 | 245 | 253 | top spot | ACT17050876360621871 | spot | ['phil', 'ford', 'school', 'mark', '2,290', 'point', 'set', '1978', 'hold', 'strong', 'plethora', 'talented', 'tar', 'heels', 'year', 'hansbrough', 'come', 'his', 'senior', 'season', 'crown', 'national', 'player', 'year', 'move', 'spot', 'tough', 'lean', 'lane', 'purple', 'aces', 'defender', 'hang', 'he', '7:42', 'left', 'half'] | Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the <m> top spot </m> with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half . | Hansbrough breaks 30-year-old UNC scoring mark
Forward Tyler Hansbrough broke North Carolina 's all-time scoring record in Thursday 's game against Evansville .
Phil Ford 's school mark of 2,290 points set in 1978 held strong amongst a plethora of talented Tar Heels over the years , but Hansbrough , who came back for his senior season after being crowned the National Player of the Year , moved into the <m> top spot </m> with a tough leaner in the lane with two Purple Aces defenders hanging on him with 7:42 left in the first half .
The game was stopped and Ford was on hand to congratulate Hansbrough at half-court .
The Missouri native suffered through a shin injury earlier in the season that forced him to miss four games .
In the five games he played before Thursday 's action , Hansbrough averaged a team-high 22.8 points to go with 7.2 rebounds .
In 113 career games prior to Thursday , the forward has logged 20.2 points and 8.6 rebounds in just under 31 minutes an outing , while doing a lot of damage at the free throw line with nearly nine attempts per game .
Hansbrough , who has an outside shot at edging Duke great J.J. Redick for the all-time ACC scoring record ( 2,769 points ) , has succeeded in just about every statistical category , though he is still searching for the elusive fifth national title for the program , which moved to 10-0 after its 91-73 drubbing of Evansville .
Hansbrough finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds . |
31_9ecb.xml_44 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 15 | 16 | 97 | 111 | North Carolina | HUM17050724612840806 | Carolina | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked <m> North Carolina </m> beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked <m> North Carolina </m> beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_45 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 18 | 18 | 117 | 127 | Evansville | HUM17050711112380985 | Evansville | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat <m> Evansville </m> 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat <m> Evansville </m> 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_46 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Hansbrough | HUM17050797645881622 | Hansbrough | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | <m> Hansbrough </m> scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
<m> Hansbrough </m> scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_47 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 30 | 30 | 192 | 198 | senior | HUM17050797645881622 | senior | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 <m> senior </m> 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 <m> senior </m> 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_48 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 8 | 8 | 52 | 56 | Ford | HUM17050815402012954 | Ford | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break <m> Ford </m> 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break <m> Ford </m> 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_57 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 29 | 30 | 140 | 153 | James Haarsma | 10000002430 | Haarsma | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over <m> James Haarsma </m> and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over <m> James Haarsma </m> and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_58 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 2 | 2 | 16 | 20 | Ford | HUM17050815402012954 | Ford | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied <m> Ford </m> on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied <m> Ford </m> on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_59 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Hansbrough | HUM17050797645881622 | Hansbrough | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | <m> Hansbrough </m> tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
<m> Hansbrough </m> tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_65 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 32 | 34 | 158 | 177 | Pieter van Tongeren | 27 | Tongeren | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and <m> Pieter van Tongeren </m> with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and <m> Pieter van Tongeren </m> with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_64 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 6 | 9 | 33 | 51 | from the left wing | 10000002431 | from | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper <m> from the left wing </m> with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper <m> from the left wing </m> with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_66 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 19 | 19 | 128 | 133 | 91-73 | NON17051220217871470 | 91-73 | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville <m> 91-73 </m> , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville <m> 91-73 </m> , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_41 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 2 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 20 points | 10000002432 | point | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored <m> 20 points </m> Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored <m> 20 points </m> Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_54 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 10 | 16 | 52 | 85 | with 14:05 left in the first half | 27 | 14:05 | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing <m> with 14:05 left in the first half </m> , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing <m> with 14:05 left in the first half </m> , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_56 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 35 | 38 | 178 | 193 | with 7:41 to go | 10 | with | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren <m> with 7:41 to go </m> . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren <m> with 7:41 to go </m> .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_37 | train | ent | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 4 | 5 | 28 | 42 | Thursday night | TIM17051209843042420 | Thursday | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points <m> Thursday night </m> to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points <m> Thursday night </m> to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_43 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 17 | 17 | 112 | 116 | beat | ACT17051014054565279 | beat | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina <m> beat </m> Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina <m> beat </m> Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_49 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 33 | 33 | 209 | 216 | pursuit | 10000002433 | pursuit | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record <m> pursuit </m> . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record <m> pursuit </m> .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_50 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 32 | 32 | 202 | 208 | record | ACT17050876360621871 | record | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's <m> record </m> pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's <m> record </m> pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_51 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 26 | 27 | 125 | 134 | bank shot | 10000002434 | bank | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a <m> bank shot </m> over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a <m> bank shot </m> over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_52 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 5 | 5 | 26 | 32 | jumper | 10000002435 | jumper | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a <m> jumper </m> from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a <m> jumper </m> from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_55 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 38 | 38 | 191 | 193 | go | 10 | go | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to <m> go </m> . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to <m> go </m> .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_60 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 19 | 19 | 93 | 96 | set | ACT17050862658622513 | set | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then <m> set </m> the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then <m> set </m> the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_61 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | tied | 10000002436 | tie | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough <m> tied </m> Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough <m> tied </m> Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_62 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 23 | 24 | 111 | 122 | muscling in | 10000002437 | muscle | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by <m> muscling in </m> a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by <m> muscling in </m> a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_63 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 16 | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | 21 | 21 | 101 | 107 | record | ACT17050876360621871 | record | ['hansbrough', 'tie', 'ford', 'jumper', 'left', 'wing', '14:05', 'leave', 'half', 'set', 'record', 'muscle', 'bank', 'shoot', 'james', 'haarsma', 'pieter', 'van', 'tongeren', '7:41'] | Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the <m> record </m> by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the <m> record </m> by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_35 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 26 | 26 | 163 | 175 | overshadowed | 10000002438 | overshadow | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely <m> overshadowed </m> by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely <m> overshadowed </m> by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_36 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 11 | 11 | 72 | 76 | mark | ACT17050876360621871 | mark | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old <m> mark </m> and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old <m> mark </m> and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_38 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | scored | 10000002439 | score | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough <m> scored </m> 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough <m> scored </m> 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_39 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 7 | 7 | 46 | 51 | break | ACT17050862658622513 | break | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to <m> break </m> Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to <m> break </m> Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_40 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 13 | 13 | 81 | 85 | help | 10000002440 | help | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and <m> help </m> top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and <m> help </m> top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_9ecb.xml_42 | train | evt | 31_9ecb.xml | 4 | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a game that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | 22 | 22 | 138 | 142 | game | ACT27386123179370957 | game | ['hansbrough', 'score', '20', 'point', 'thursday', 'night', 'break', 'ford', '30-year-old', 'mark', 'help', 'top-ranked', 'north', 'carolina', 'beat', 'evansville', '91-73', 'game', 'completely', 'overshadow', '6-foot-9', 'senior', 'record', 'pursuit'] | Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a <m> game </m> that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit . | Hansbrough breaks UNC career scoring record
Phil Ford stood at midcourt , waiting for Tyler Hansbrough to take the microphone and address the home crowd .
As the reigning national player of the year walked up , Ford playfully bowed in reverence before giving him a hug .
Now even the famed point guard who flawlessly ran Dean Smith 's `` Four Corners '' offense is looking up at Hansbrough as the storied program 's all-time leading scorer .
Hansbrough scored 20 points Thursday night to break Ford 's 30-year-old mark and help top-ranked North Carolina beat Evansville 91-73 , a <m> game </m> that was completely overshadowed by the 6-foot-9 senior 's record pursuit .
He needed just nine points coming in , making the record an almost certainty considering that he 's failed to reach double figures just six times in his career .
But that did n't mean Hansbrough was oblivious to all the attention about a record that had stood through the careers of names like Michael Jordan , James Worthy and Antawn Jamison .
`` I 'm usually not nervous before games , and I was a little nervous before tonight just because I felt like there was a lot of pressure , '' said Hansbrough , who sat between Ford and coach Roy Williams during the postgame news conference .
`` One thing for me , I did n't want us to strictly focus on trying to break a scoring record .
We had a game and I was trying to do whatever I could to help the team . ''
Hansbrough finished 7-for-14 from the field and had nine rebounds for North Carolina ( 10-0 ) , which shook off a slow start and stretched the lead to double figures against the Purple Aces ( 7-2 ) shortly after Hansbrough passed Ford midway through the first half .
Ford , now an assistant coach to fellow Tar Heel alumnus Larry Brown with the NBA 's Charlotte Bobcats , finished his career in 1978 with 2,290 points .
`` I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love this program and to be a small part of this historic moment for Tyler is a dream come true for me , '' Ford said .
`` I would n't have missed it for the world .
`` It 's an honor to be compared in the same breath with Tyler .
When I look at how hard he plays and how he listens to Coach Williams , as a player , that 's what I tried to do . ''
Hansbrough tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left in the first half , then set the record by muscling in a bank shot over James Haarsma and Pieter van Tongeren with 7:41 to go .
As soon as the record-setting shot went through the net , officials briefly stopped the game to allow Ford , Williams and athletics director Dick Baddour to present Hansbrough with the game ball .
Students who carried small signs saying `` Phil Ford 2,290 '' on one side turned it around to reveal `` Tyler 2,291 + '' on the other .
Hansbrough waved to acknowledge the roaring crowd and handled the historic moment with his typically reserved demeanor , though he seemed eager to get back to the game and away from the focus being on him .
After the game , the school showed a video montage of Hansbrough 's career highlights that included congratulations from several former players .
That 's when Hansbrough took the microphone from Ford and emotionally addressed the crowd .
`` I never dreamed I 'd be here and be the all-time leading scorer , '' Hansbrough said as he stood alone at midcourt .
`` This is a great honor to be here and to represent you guys every night in this uniform . ''
It was a moment that fellow senior and roommate Bobby Frasor said showed how much Hansbrough appreciated the record even though he did n't want to dwell on it in recent days .
`` I 've never seen him tear up or choke up like that , '' Frasor said .
`` But Tyler really does care about all this stuff and he knows what he accomplished is pretty special . ''
Still , the Tar Heels seemed a little tight and the home crowd anxious to see Hansbrough set the record early .
But in the minutes afterward , the Tar Heels settled down and outscored Evansville 22-10 the rest of the half to take a 46-28 lead .
It lightened the mood enough that Williams - who said he was counting down a player 's points in his head for probably the first time - was able to tease Hansbrough on the bench after he missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot following the record .
`` I said , 'Boy , I 'm really glad that 's not the basket that would 've broken the record , ' '' he said with a laugh .
The Tar Heels maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way , cracking the 90-point mark for the seventh straight game .
Hansbrough left the game for good with the Tar Heels leading 83-58 with 5:33 to play .
He still has a chance this season to pass Sam Perkins for the program 's career rebounding record and break the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark set by Duke 's J.J. Redick in 2006 .
`` Whatever Tyler gets , he deserves , '' Evansville coach Marty Simmons said .
`` I 've been a big fan of his since he was in high school .
It 's good to see guys that work the hardest be rewarded the most . ''
Ty Lawson added 16 points for the Tar Heels , while Danny Green had 14 , including the 1,000th of his career .
Shy Ely scored 23 points to lead Evansville , which was off to its best start since going 10-1 in 1981-82 .
The Purple Aces were playing the No. 1 team for the first time since 1980 and just the third time ever . |
31_7ecb.xml_33 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 48 | 49 | 256 | 270 | North Carolina | HUM17050724612840806 | Carolina | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of <m> North Carolina </m> 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of <m> North Carolina </m> 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_26 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 53 | 53 | 287 | 297 | Evansville | HUM17050711112380985 | Evansville | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against <m> Evansville </m> | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against <m> Evansville </m>
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_29 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 22 | 22 | 108 | 118 | Hansbrough | HUM17050797645881622 | Hansbrough | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that <m> Hansbrough </m> accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that <m> Hansbrough </m> accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_30 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 28 | 28 | 154 | 156 | he | HUM17050797645881622 | he | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when <m> he </m> broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when <m> he </m> broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_34 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 30 | 30 | 163 | 167 | Ford | HUM17050815402012954 | Ford | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke <m> Ford </m> 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke <m> Ford </m> 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_32 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 12 | 14 | 65 | 79 | in Chapel Hill | 10000002441 | Chapel | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned <m> in Chapel Hill </m> , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned <m> in Chapel Hill </m> , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_38 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 37 | 40 | 203 | 226 | less than eight minutes | 10000002442 | minute | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with <m> less than eight minutes </m> to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with <m> less than eight minutes </m> to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 45 | 46 | 242 | 252 | first half | 10000002443 | first | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the <m> first half </m> of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the <m> first half </m> of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_23 | train | ent | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 24 | 25 | 132 | 146 | Thursday night | TIM17051209843042420 | Thursday | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished <m> Thursday night </m> , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished <m> Thursday night </m> , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
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During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_28 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 23 | 23 | 119 | 131 | accomplished | ACT17050862658622513 | accomplish | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough <m> accomplished </m> Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough <m> accomplished </m> Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_31 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 42 | 42 | 230 | 234 | play | 10000002444 | play | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to <m> play </m> in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to <m> play </m> in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_35 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 32 | 33 | 171 | 184 | school career | 10000002445 | school | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's <m> school career </m> scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's <m> school career </m> scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_37 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 29 | 29 | 157 | 162 | broke | ACT17050862658622513 | break | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he <m> broke </m> Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he <m> broke </m> Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 8 | 8 | 38 | 47 | tradition | 10000002446 | tradition | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of <m> tradition </m> that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of <m> tradition </m> that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_22 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 51 | 51 | 274 | 278 | game | ACT27386123179370957 | game | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's <m> game </m> against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's <m> game </m> against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_24 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 34 | 35 | 185 | 197 | scoring mark | ACT17050876360621871 | scoring | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career <m> scoring mark </m> with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career <m> scoring mark </m> with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_25 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | given | 10000002447 | give | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , <m> given </m> the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , <m> given </m> the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_27 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 11 | 11 | 57 | 64 | reigned | 10000002448 | reign | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has <m> reigned </m> in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has <m> reigned </m> in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
31_7ecb.xml_36 | train | evt | 31_7ecb.xml | 20 | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | 19 | 20 | 92 | 102 | small feat | 10000002449 | small | ['give', 'century', 'worth', 'tradition', 'reign', 'chapel', 'hill', 'small', 'feat', 'hansbrough', 'accomplish', 'thursday', 'night', 'he', 'break', 'ford', 'school', 'career', 'scoring', 'mark', 'minute', 'play', 'half', 'north', 'carolina', 'game', 'evansville'] | Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no <m> small feat </m> that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville | Hansbrough broke UNC 's career scoring record the Carolina way
During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no <m> small feat </m> that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
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During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
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During the spring of 1977 , North Carolina coach Dean Smith invited his star guard Phil Ford , who had just completed his junior season , into his office .
Smith told Ford that he had done some research on where Ford would be selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Based on that information , he recommended to Ford that he leave school .
Ford did n't even have to think about it .
He told Smith right away that he was n't interested .
`` At the time , a lot of people were n't doing that , so going pro was n't something I had even considered at all , '' Ford says .
`` The financial situation was different back then as well .
At the time , my parents were teachers , so getting my degree was very important to me .
The opportunity was n't worth me not getting my degree . ''
Last April , Tyler Hansbrough faced a similar decision , but under much different circumstances .
Hansbrough plays in an era when not only is it common for undergraduates to turn pro , but in some circles a player is considered a failure if he stays past his junior year .
Needless to say , he faced a financial opportunity much greater than the one Ford confronted three decades ago .
Hansbrough spent two full weeks torturing himself over the impending decision .
When Hansbrough finally told Roy Williams he wanted to return for his senior year , he felt like the weight of the world was off his shoulders .
He was so relieved that he did n't even leave the weight room when Williams asked him to come to his office so they could craft a press release .
`` It was a stressful process , '' Hansbrough said in mid-October .
`` You 're thinking about what you 're going to do with the rest of your life .
Every time I thought about leaving , I thought about how much I 'd miss coming home , living with my teammates and doing a lot of the fun things we do .
I just felt like coming back would be the best situation for me . ''
In considering that life decision , it 's doubtful Hansbrough gave much thought to the chance he would have to become North Carolina 's alltime scoring leader if he returned .
Still , given the century 's worth of tradition that has reigned in Chapel Hill , it was no small feat that Hansbrough accomplished Thursday night , when he broke Ford 's school career scoring mark with less than eight minutes to play in the first half of North Carolina 's game against Evansville
North Carolina has established itself as the gold standard of college basketball , and in the soft-spoken , hard-charging , 6-foot-9 power forward from Poplar Bluff , Missouri , this proud program has a worthy standard bearer .
Ford is correct when he says that people are n't appreciative enough of Hansbrough 's skills , but there is no doubt that what sets this young man apart is the intensity with which he plays .
If Ford was a classical symphony , Hansbrough is a heavy metal rock concert , powering , jostling , banging , and always , always out-hustling his opponent en route to the basket .
It is instructive that while Hansbrough remains ninth on the ACC 's alltime scoring list , he is already the league 's career leader in free throws attempted .
If he stays healthy , he will likely leave North Carolina as the school 's alltime rebounds king .
More than anything , though , Tyler Hansbrough deserves this record because he came back to school .
This is not to disparage players like Michael Jordan , Antawn Jamison and Rashad McCants who might have had a shot at Ford 's mark had they stayed .
But at a place like North Carolina , which embodies team play , the scoring record should belong to a four-year player .
Hansbrough would probably not have been a top-five draft pick had he left , but it 's unlikely he will signifcantly improve his draft status by playing another year .
Also , at the time Hansbrough made his decision he was assuming that at least one of his fellow undergraduates , and as many as three of them , would be turning pro , diminishing the Tar Heels ' chances of winning a championship .
Hansbrough came back anyway , and for all the right reasons .
Ford also points out that because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball from 1954-73 , a huge swath of mega talents who suited up for UNC did n't have the chance to hold onto this record -- including the man Ford passed , Lenny Rosenbluth , who still holds the school 's record for career scoring average ( 26.9 ) and is fourth in points scored .
Hansbrough is sixth on the school 's career scoring average list at 20.2 .
Still , it takes a special individual to eclipse a record that has stood at a place like North Carolina for 30 years .
Ford remembers little about the night he passed Rosenbluth .
He believes he broke the record late in the first half , the game was not interrupted , and neither he nor Rosenbluth had much to say about it .
In fact , Rosenbluth was n't even there that night .
When I asked Ford if he still has the game ball , he said he thought he might , but he has moved so much in recent years ( he worked as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks before joining the Charlotte Bobcats last year ) that he thinks the ball may be packed away somewhere .
`` To be honest , I was just happy to get it over with , '' Ford says .
`` I did n't want anything distracting from the team . ''
If the circumstances were different than they were in 1978 , the central tenets of the Carolina Way have endured , from Rosenbluth to Ford to Hansbrough .
While offering his congratulations to Hansbrough , Ford is quick to add that the career scoring record is the least important mark at North Carolina .
`` We never cared who scored the ball , '' he says , `` as long as someone with the Carolina jersey got the ball in the basket . ''
Tyler Hansbrough would be the first to agree , even as he jostles and bangs his way towards history . |
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McDermott fuels <m> Creighton </m> past Drake in MVC Tournament opener
Posted : Friday , March 8 , 2013 2 : 39 pm
Doug McDermott scored 23 points Friday and became Creighton ’ s all - time leading scorer in helping the Bluejays to a 65 - 53 victory over Drake at the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament .
McDermott broke Rodney Buford ’ s school scoring record of 2 , 116 points with a free throw with 4 : 43 to play in the first half .
McDermott now has 2 , 129 points heading into Saturday ’ s semifinals against the winner of Friday ’ s second quarterfinal between Evansville and Indiana State .
Creighton also got 14 points from backup center Will Artino , while starting center Gregory Echenique scored 11 points , all in the second half , to help the top - seeded Bluejays shake the stubborn Bulldogs .
Drake , which had defeated Bradley in Thursday ’ s play - in round , hung with Creighton for about 30 minutes before running out of gas and ending its season 15 - 17 .
Creighton , with more than 6 , 000 fans cheering it on at the Scottrade Center , improved to 25 - 7 .
Seth VanDeest led Drake with 13 points , while Richard Carter added 12 for the Bulldogs .
Creighton got five points from Echenique in the first 3½ minutes of the second half as the Bluejays added a point to their 33 - 26 halftime lead when the center converted a three - point play to make it 41 - 33 .
Artino picked up the slack in the first half as he scored seven points .
Five came in a 7 - 0 run that allowed the Bluejays to go from being tied with the Bulldogs at 12 - 12 to a 19 - 12 lead .
Artino struck again in the second half , scoring four straight points on a dunk and two free throws that allowed Creighton to open a 45 - 36 lead with 13 : 41 to play .
Drake got baskets from Carter and Ben Simons to close within six again , then made it a 45 - 42 game when Simons buried a 3 - pointer from the corner with 11 minutes to play .
Artino ’ s putback on the next possession put Creighton up 47 - 42 but VanDeest ’ s basket pulled Drake back within three .
After a Creighton turnover , Drake had a chance to tie but Richard Carter couldn ’ t convert an open look , 3 - point shot .
Echenique ’ s three - point play stretched the Creighton lead to 50 - 44 , and the Bluejays got baskets from Austin Chatman and McDermott on their next two possessions to make it 54 - 46 with 7 : 54 to play .
McDermott then buried a 3 - point shot coming off a screen to make it 57 - 46 with 7 : 02 remaining .
After Echenique blocked a shot on Drake ” s end , he turned a rebound into a three - point play to make it 60 - 46 .
Two Grant Gibbs free throws hiked the run to 12 - 0 , making it 62 - 46 before Drake snapped its scoreless string with two free throws with 1 : 41 to play . |
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