Didn't you used to be player of the year?

That was a weird, sad scene watching Tyler Hansbrough in the Oklahoma game yesterday. In a battle of players of the year, this year's model, Blake Griffin, told Tyler where to go and when to go there. He dominated him inside, then took him outside so he could blow by him to the rim.

Thinking back, we guess it all started in the Final Four last year, when Kansas' big freshman came in and put the dog collar on Tyler. But it's still weird to see last year's POY as only the third (fourth?) best guy on the floor for his team.

It all culminated yesterday with The Dunk, when we could almost see the thought in Tyler's googly eyes: He was going to show us all who the real player of the year was. He then lifted off for an extremely ill-advised dunk attempt over Griffin. Like a rocket misfiring and heading for the sea, he must have realized that he was going to land far short of the rim, so he just threw the ball, hoping it would fall into the basket. And no, no foul call to bail him out. It was embarrassing to watch.

Any NBA clubs thinking of wasting a pick on Tyler probably saw all they needed to see yesterday. Does Chapel Hill have a D-League team?