University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Corners: Taking Care Of Business In Hawaii
November 27, 2016 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—After 10+ days in Hawaii, the North Carolina traveling party returned to Chapel Hill on Friday. The team posted blowout wins on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to capture its fourth Maui Invitational championship, then enjoyed Thanksgiving Day in Maui before flying home that night and arriving on Friday afternoon.
After a furious start to the season with seven games between November 11-23, there's a bit of a lull in the Tar Heel schedule as the team gets over its jet lag and finishes eating its Thanksgiving leftovers.
On to this week's Four Corners:
1. NEWS & NOTES
♦ The Tar Heels are enjoying a well-deserved week off between games. After playing four games in six days in Hawai'i by Wednesday, Carolina won't play again until next Wednesday (November 30) at Indiana.
♦ Carolina moved up from No. 5 to No. 4 in the national rankings last week and could inch closer to the top again when the new polls are released on Monday.
2. LAST WEEK
♦ Carolina started the four-game road swing with an 83-68 win at Hawai'i last Friday night over a team that played in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Here are the highlights from GoHeels TV:
♦ UNC opened Maui Invitational play on Monday night against host Chaminade, and won, 104-61. ESPN SportsCenter tweeted about the game:
This pretty much sums up the night for UNC. https://t.co/8OIwfMlIx2
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 22, 2016
GoHeels TV had the hlghlights:
♦ In the semifinals on Tuesday, UNC cruised past Oklahoma State, 107-75. The game was an example of a growing tenacity in the Tar Heels' attack, writes Adam Lucas. Here are the hlghlights:
♦ On Wednesday, Carolina controlled the backboards and dominated No. 16 Wisconsin, 71-56, to win the Maui title. Lucas writes the Tar Heels are following directions from Roy Williams, playing with intensity and rebounding. Here are the highlights from GoHeels TV:
Ladies and gentlemen. Your 2016 #MauiHoops champions. @UNC_Basketball pic.twitter.com/SM1vz1NFRJ
— Maui Invitational (@MauiInv) November 24, 2016
♦ Here's the postgame stat graphic:
Carolina dominated the Maui Invitational this week. Adam Lucas on the win over Wisconsin: https://t.co/RUEUTVZ1yt #UNCBBall pic.twitter.com/dItCEax54T
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) November 24, 2016
FINAL: Carolina beats Wisconsin, 71-56. Four Maui Invitational titles for UNC. pic.twitter.com/WmMryvkcx6
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) November 24, 2016
3. UP NEXT
♦ The Tar Heels will play on the road at a ranked opponent in Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday Nov. 30 in Bloomington, Ind.
♦ UNC returns to the Smith Center for a three-game homestand starting on Dec. 4 vs. Radford.
4. DON'T MISS IT
♦ The commander of the nuclear submarine USS North Carolina is a Durham native. The Tar Heels visited the sub prior to last Friday's game at Hawai'i, and Adam Lucas has the story (here's a photo gallery).
♦ The UNC traveling party also visited the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor:
'We remember those who fought and died so that we might be free...
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) November 18, 2016
Team visits @ArizonaMemorial#GoHeelsGoAmerica🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/f6tAP9eZOo
♦ Here's a photo gallery from the Pearl Harbor visit:
♦ After arriving in Maui on Saturday, the Tar Heels practiced and enjoyed some of the fun parts of the trip:
🌴Aloha! Welcome to Maui!🌴
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) November 20, 2016
We're here and we're already winning! pic.twitter.com/3f7GpwoE1E
♦ Justin Jackson scored his 1,000th career point:
Congrats to Justin Jackson, who just became the NCAA-record 74th Tar Heel to score at least 1,000 points. #UNCBBall pic.twitter.com/ycp92tCTL0
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) November 24, 2016
♦ As Roy Williams approaches his 1,000th career game as a head coach on Wednesday at Indiana, here's a feature on the what keeps Williams going.
♦ Harrison Barnes is turning heads this season after signing as a free agent over the summer with the Mavericks:
.@hbarnes' play has stunned many this season, but it hasn't surprised the Mavs one bit. https://t.co/Qe9Yvk66N5 pic.twitter.com/g4DakGPkbo
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) November 23, 2016
