University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels To Meet BYU In Maui Invitational
November 21, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2004
EA Sports Maui Invitational First Round
Date: Monday, November 22, 2004
Time: 9 p.m. ET (4 p.m. Hawaii)
Site: Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, Hawaii
Records: Carolina 0-1; Brigham Young 0-0
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 4 in the Associated
Press poll and No. 3 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll.
YU is unranked in both polls.
TV: ESPN2 (Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Bill Raftery, analyst; Jay Bilas, sideline)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Radio Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Woody Durham (play-by-play) and Mick Mixon (analyst) provide the call. A live broadcast also is available for a fee on the University of North Carolina's official athletic website, TarHeelBlue.com
Websites: North Carolina (TarHeelBlue.com); Brigham Young (BYUCougars.com)
The University of North Carolina men's basketball team continues its long road trip on Monday, Nov. 22, when the Tar Heels face righam Young in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Inviational at the Lahaina Civic Center. The game will be televised by ESPN2. The winner of Monday's game will advance to the event's semifinal round to play the winner of the Stanford-Tennessee game on Tuesday. Carolina hopes to bounce back from Friday night's 77-66 loss to Santa Clara at the Pete Newell Challenge in Oakland, Calif. The loss dropped the Tar Heels to 83-12 all-time in season- openers.
UNC will have the services of starting point guard Raymond Felton at its disposal Monday after the third-year starter missed Friday's season-opener vs. Santa Clara Oakland, Calif. Felton was declared ineligible for one regular-season game by the NCAA his participation in a non-certified summer league basketball game in Raleigh. Felton had started every game of his 65-game Tar Heel career entering this season.
CAROLINA IN THE MAUI INVITATIONAL
Carolina is 7-2 all-time in the Maui
Invitational, winning the event in 1999-2000
and reaching the finals in 1989-90 and 1995-96.
In 1999-2000, freshman sensation Joseph
Forte was named the event's MVP while point
guard Ed Cota and center Brendan Haywood
were named to the all-tournament team as UNC
defeated Southern California, Georgetown and
Purdue by an average of 12.7 points on the way
to the title.
In 1989-90, Carolina reached the finals by defeating James Madison (on a last-second shot by King Rice) and Villanova before losing to Missouri in the title game.
In 1995-96, the Tar Heels defeated Vanderbilt and Michigan State before losing to Villanova in the finals.
Roy Williams IN HAWAII
Carolina coach Roy Williams is making his
third appearance at the Maui Invitational. His
two previous appearances (1996-97 and 2001-
02) came as head coach at Kansas.
Williams is 5-1 as a head coach at the Maui
Invitational and 10-3 overall in games played in
Hawaii.
Williams led the Jayhawks to the 1996 Maui Invitational championship with wins over Louisiana State, California and Virginia. The Williams-led Jayhawks went 2-1 at this event in Nov. 2001, losing in the opening round to Ball State before defeating Houston and Ball State in the consolation round.
Williams is 5-2 in non-Maui Invitational games in Hawaii. His Jayhawks defeated Hawaii (Loa) 111-58 on Dec. 28, 1990. Kansas went 2-1 in Honolulu in late December of 1992, defeating Jackson State and Hawaii before losing to Michigan. Williams' Jayhawks also went 2-1 in Honolulu in late December of 1997, defeating Ohio State and Vanderbilt before losing to Hawaii.
CAROLINA VS. BYU
Carolina and Brigham Young have met on the
hardwood three times, with the Tar Heels winning
all three matchups (in the 1976-77, 1977-
78 and 1993-94 seasons).
The Tar Heels defeated the Cougars 81-77 on Dec. 20, 1976, in Chapel Hill and 94-81 on Dec. 28, 1977, in Honolulu in the opening round of the Rainbow Classic. Carolina also defeated BYU, 97-65, at the Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions in Charlotte on Dec. 4, 1993.
FELTON RETURNS TO ACTION
UNC point guard Raymond Felton is expected
to return to the starting lineup on Monday vs.
YU after sitting out Friday's season-opener in
Oakland vs. Santa Clara at the Pete Newell
Classic. Felton was declared ineligible for one
regular-season game by the NCAA for Felton's
participation in a non-certified summer league
basketball game in Raleigh.
Felton had never missed a game at any level in his basketball career prior to the Santa Clara game. He had started all 65 games of his UNC career prior to sitting out vs. the Broncos. Felton played one game in the Capitol Park Summer Basketball League (also known as the Chavis League) because he thought the league was properly certified, as it had been in years past. However, the NCAA did not certify the Chavis League for 2004. It is against NCAA rules to compete in a non-certified basketball league. Felton was informed prior to playing in a second game that the league, in fact, had not been certified for 2004. He did not play in any other games.
Following NCAA procedures, the University declared Felton ineligible and the NCAA restored his eligibility with the one-game penalty.
