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When it was all over, when one of the greatest careers in college basketball history was complete, Tyler Hansbrough marched into the North Carolina locker room and told everyone to shove it.

He didn’t use those exact words, of course. Still, as Hansbrough stood there with the net dangling from his neck, the newly crowned national champion hinted that the rewards from Monday’s 89-72 thumping of Michigan State were twofold.

The Tar Heels won a trophy.

And Hansbrough gagged his critics.

Forever.

“I silenced a lot of people today,” said Hansbrough, smirking. “There are still going to be a lot of people that hate me. But you know what? I’m a national champion. When they prank call me, I’ll just leave it at that.”

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I would not mess with the Hansbrough Brothers.

Ben Hansbrough, his brother Greg and a few buddies were walking through a casino here when it started -- the trash talk, the negative comments and slurs about their brother, Tyler.

He wasn't emotional enough, got too many calls in his favor, wasn't as good as everybody thought -- the same stuff people have been saying since Hansbrough enrolled at North Carolina.

"Let's put it this way, we had security called on us," Ben Hansbrough said. "What did we do? We stuck up for our brother."

Told later of his brothers' Sunday night altercation, Hansbrough grinned.

"That's what I've been telling you guys; I run with a rough family," he said. "Those are my brothers. They're going to back me up no matter what."


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