Honored North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's basketball program honors fifty-one former players by hanging their jerseys in the rafters of the Dean E. Smith Center, the home to the men's basketball team on the university's campus.[1][2] North Carolina requires that players must be recognized for excellence for their performance during the regular season, in post-season play, or in the Olympics.[3] Additionally, a player can also achieve the even greater honor of having his jersey (along with his uniform number) permanently retired by the University of North Carolina.To attain jersey retirement, a Tar Heel must win one or more of the following six national player of the year awards: Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Sporting News, John R. Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, or the Naismith College Player of the Year.The (now defunct) Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year award formerly served as a seventh option.

Retired and honored jerseys hanging from the rafters at Dean E. Smith Center

Tyler Hansbrough walking back to the players' tunnel after his jersey retirement ceremony on February 10, 2010.

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