Psycho T carries UNC to the Final Four

I had to fight off puyat from sleeping at 5am and waking up at 830am this morning to go to my lola's place to catch the Elite Eight games live over Solar Sports' BTV. I have SkyCable at home which doesn't carry the BTV and Solar Sports channels.

It was all worth it as I watched All-American Tyler Hansbrough show everyone why he is (and should be) US college basketball's player of the year. He singlehandedly willed North Carolina to a 83-73 Elite Eight victory over the Louisville Cardinals. The Tar Heels book their ticket to the Final Four in San Antonio next Sunday as the East Regional Champions.

The Tar Heel junior, who bears the nicknam Psycho T, scored 20 points in the second half, making clutch shot after clutch shot. In convecutive possesions late in the game, Hansbrough hit two 18-foot jumpers with the shotclock winding down and 6'11 Louisville center David Padgett's outstretched arms in his face.

He finished with game-highs of 28 points and 13 rebounds, and was named the East Region's MVP.

2008 NCAA East Regional Champions

All-American and National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough