Two popular college basketball magazines are on newsstands with Poplar Bluff's Tyler Hansbrough on the cover.
Hansbrough, a sophomore at North Carolina, is on the cover of the Lindy's and Athlon preseason magazines, although he's solo on Athlon's ACC regional cover. Hansbrough is also on Athlon's the pre-season All-America squad and is the only Tar Heel on the ACC's first team.
According to TarHeelBlue.com, Lindy's rates the Carolina backcourt as the nation's best and picks the Tar Heel frontcourt behind top-ranked Florida. Hansbrough is the top power forward, while Terry was listed as the 10th-best small forward.
Both magazines pick UNC to reach the Final Four. Lindy's picks Carolina, Florida, Kansas and Ohio State. Athlon picks Florida, Alabama and Kansas to reach the semifinals in Atlanta, with Carolina winning the title.
Mizzou is in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the second week of the 2004 season. The Tigers are No. 25. What's even more interesting is to see who's not in the Top 25: Miami, Michigan State, UCLA, Alabama and Penn State. MU plays Colorado on Saturday.
Jamie has covered sports at the local and national level since 1985 and is a former sports editor at newspapers in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Dexter, Charleston and Dyersburg, Tenn. He is the founder of SemoSportsWeb.com and the former publisher of Midwest Motorsports News. Contact him at jhall@semosportsweb.com.
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