Thursday, February 11, 2010

Who is the greatest player in the history of UNC-Ch basketball?

Today, Taylor Hansberry became the 8th player in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Ch) history to have his jersey retired. The current list includes:

NC Jack Cobb 1926
20 George Glamack 1941
10 Lennie Rosenbluth 1957
12 Phil Ford 1978
52 James Worthy 1983
23 Michael Jordan 1984
33 Antawn Jamison 1998
50 Tyler Hansbrough 2010











I did a little research this evening and discovered that UNC-Ch has a set of criteria, one of which must be be met in order for a jersey to be retired. They are:
An interesting tidbit I found during this rather boring endeavor was that during the 2007-2008 season, Hansberry won all 6 awards, making his jersey retirement a foregone conclusion. As far as I know, Hansberry is the only UNC-Ch player to do this. Logically, this makes him the greatest basketball player to ever don the baby-blues.

That is a fairly amazing accomplishment considering the number of nationally known players that have played basketball for the Tarheels. I never would have thought that such an obscure player would stand head and shoulders above all others, outshining other UNC-Ch players such as Steve Hale, Ranzino Smith, that white guy that threw Dean Smith out of his office, Danny Manning, that douchebag that broke his wrist at LSU, Bobby Hurley, and the Rubber Man. Wow.

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