Tyler Hansborough Will Hurt You (in Ping-Pong)
Uncategorized December 8th. 2006, 2:34pmNot only is North Carolina’s Tyler Hansborough a National Player of the Year candidate in college basketball, but he’s a damn fine ping-pong player. Or so this video would like you to believe.
As a ping-pong aficionado (no joke: In 1998, we were ranked in the Top 50 on the East Coast), we can tell you this – Hansborough has no backhand. That’s why he runs around them all. And if he needed to hit one, the placement of his index finger (back on the racquet) would ruin the shot. And we saw no spin whatsoever.
In all honesty, we could hold him to single digits.
(Nice touch with the ‘Texas-style’ junk at the end. Never seen it. Cool.)
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December 8th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Maybe he has no backhand because his arms are five feet long, thus his forehand provides him with full table coverage.
December 8th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
he is terrible.
December 8th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
I want my 4 minutes 21 seconds back
December 8th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
he sucks. and if you are ever fooled by his serve, don’t worry – its blatantly illegal anyways.
January 16th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I think you’re all stupid. Tyler is one of the greatest basketball players of all time,and I think he rocks at ping-pong!!!
March 4th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
He is good at B’Ball but only slightly above average with Table Tennis. Anyone with a decent amount of coordination could play regularly for a few weeks and get that good. No wonder Henderson gave him that elbow! He probably watched this before the game and wanted his 4:21 back too. Go Duke!
April 29th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Tyler it’s ok!! You’re awesome!! I switched from a Duke fan to a UNC fan all becuase of you!! You are so fine!!:)