News - Tyler Hansbrough
DENVER, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) announced today that Greg Hansbrough, U.S.
Gerald Henderson, who led the Duke Blue Devils in points per game last season, has signed with an agent and will forgo his final season of eligibility at Duke. Henderson signed Monday with agent Arn Tellem, a release from the Duke Athletic Department said. He leaves the school in 39th place on the all-time points list (1,262) after a season in which he led the Blue Devils with a 16.5 points-per-game average.
Guards Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington of NCAA national champion North Carolina both said Thursday they will enter the NBA Draft. The 5-foot-11 inch Lawson, a Clinton, Md., native, was the ACC player-of-the-year last season.
Ty Lawson led North Carolina with 21 points Monday and the Tar Heels beat Michigan State 89-72 to win their fifth NCAA basketball championship. Lawson -- the ACC Player of the Year -- also had six assists and a championship-game record eight steals.
Oklahoma sophomore center Blake Griffin was voted the Naismith Trophy men's college player of the year. Griffin, who led the nation in rebounding and the Big 12 Conference in scoring average, edged Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair; North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, who won the Naismith Trophy last year; and Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet for the award, which is given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
