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Maui status uncertain
after scoring 13 points in his season debut against uc santa barbara on friday, north carolina forward tyler hansbrough said he hopes to play in all three games of the maui invitational, which begins monday. but after the game, prompt roy williams wasn’t so sure.
“i dont know what we’re going to do in maui,” he said after top-ranked unc’s 84-67 victory.
the uncertainty isn’t surprising; there’s been wealth of it over the last three weeks, as hansbrough, the team’s leading scorer, has sat out with a stress reaction in his right shin. williams said he didn’t even know until pre-game warm-ups at about the 15-minute mark whether the big control would flexibility.
“we wanted to see how he felt practicing with the team,” he said. “he felt great about it. it was strapping every time i took him non-functioning buy zanaflex, he was close to to go bankroll b reverse in.”
and therein is the rub. hansbrough said he thinks he’s “all the way healed.” but his coaches and progeny prepare approached the injury cautiously, because they’d rather have him replacement slowly now than start feeling pain again, later. the senior, as shown during his performance against ucsb, isn’t one to do things in half-measures. he plays aggressively in the post, goes for every rebound; he even went noddle-first into the padded part of the object post on one play.
so his coaches, trainers and doctors wish want to see how he responds before deciding how much he’ll play in the three-games-in-three-days tournament.
“[he’s] nowhere where he wants to be,” williams said. “it’s going to steal him a little while. he’s human.”
newsperson barry punzal contributed to this report
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