Strengths: Despite being an underclassmen, Hansbrough has the leadership abilities and court savvy that many seniors lack ... Approaches each game with a high intensity level and great determination ... Has an excellent understanding of how to use his body and strength to score in the low post ... Does a great job of establishing position in the low post ... Very patient when creating shots, scores on bigger opponents using his strength and determination ... Has a decent assortment of offensive moves such as a jump hook, up and under and decent spin move ... Owns a great pair of hands that have a rare combination in that they are both incredibly strong and soft enough to catch most passes thrown in the post ... Controls the boards thanks to his tenacity and body strength ... Has shown the ability to face-up and hit the perimeter jumpshot out to 15 feet ... Because of his physical style of play, Hansbrough does a great job of drawing fouls from opposing defenders ... he's able to capitalize on this with his solid free throw shooting ability ... Has an uncanny knack of scoring after contact occurs in the paint ... Defensively he does an admirable job of keeping opposing players between himself and the basket ... Shows good touch around the basket on flip-ins, lay-ups and put-backs ... Runs the court well and is fast enough to beat opponents down the floor on fast breaks ... Has a tremendous work ethic which has enabled him to improve in numerous facets of the game ...

Weaknesses: One of Hansbrough's most glaring weaknesses is that he isn't a superior athlete ... He doesn't show much vertical explosiveness and lacks super quickness ... Has shown that he can be disrupted offensively when guarded by taller more athletic players ... Defensively his lack of explosiveness and wingspan doesn't allow him to be much of a shot blocker ... Although he is an adequate post defender his average lateral quickness will hurt his perimeter offense ... Still needs to develop his post footwork as he picks up travel violations from time to time ... Although he has shown a good array of moves with his back to the basket, he'll need to polish them to have the ame success againt the NBA elite ... He could stand to become more comfortable facing the basket ... The fact that he is a year older than most in his class has led some to suggest that he is close to his peak in development ...

Strengths: A real impact player on the college level, one of the reasons that UNC has surpassed everyone's expectations, and likely freshman of the year nationally .... A scrappy player who loves to hit the glass hard on both ends of the floor ... Has a real knack for rebounding and scoring on the low block ... Uses his strength well to create space ... Uses pump fakes and times his shots well against bigger defenders ... Makes a killing on the offensive glass with relentless effort ... Upper body strength allows him to establish good post position ... One of his major strengths is his ability to step outside the lane and hit shots from 12 feet ... Good free throw shooter for a big man, attacks the basket hard and draws a lot of fouls ... Plays with a lot of energy, passion ... Has made a huge impact this season and due to his willingness to work hard should continue to improve in all aspects of the game ...

Weaknesses: At 6-8, he's undersized for the power forward position and not a freak athlete ... At 20 years of age, his stats as a freshman are a bit deceiving, he is much further developed physically and skill wise than the average freshman ... Defense is suspect at times ... Leaping ability is average ...Better suited to the half court game, jumps better off two feet ... Questionable upside due to his skill level, size and athleticism ... Overpowers a lot of players on the college level to score, but wont be able to do the same on the next level ... Uses his power or outside shot to do most of his scoring, still needs to develop more low post moves ...