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Hansbrough Wins Wooden Award

North Carolina junior sweeps MVP awards; Parker takes women's honor

By Mitch Pritchard, Newser User

Posted Apr 12, 2008 8:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – He already earned an armful, but Tyler Hansbrough took one last bit of brass Friday night. The North Carolina junior won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's top player, giving him essentially a sweep of the season's individual honors, including The Associated Press... Read full story »

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