program allowed Roy to successfully negative recruit him. Before we started to fall apart in 2003-04, it was basically considered a virtual certainty he would be a Tiger.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1682399.html
"Hansbrough made one of his official visits to Missouri, and the Tigers did not disguise their desire for the talent raised in the Bootheel. On a tour of Mizzou Arena, which was under construction at the time, the lights were dimmed and a Hansbrough No. 50 jersey appeared as Missouri radio announcer Mike Kelly belted out the high school junior's name in a mock starting lineup."