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(NCAAB) North Carolina vs. Chaminade,
Point Spread: -31.00 | -110.00 North Carolina (Away)
Result: Win
Point Spread: -31.00 | -110.00 North Carolina (Away)
Result: Win
The set-up: North Carolina is No. 5 in the latest AP poll (another will come out prior to tip-off) and has mostly cruised in opening 4-0. North Carolina has won each game by double-digit margins, winning on average, 95.0-to-75.0 PPG. The Chaminade Silverswords were picked to finish sixth in the PacWest preseason poll and opened with a 92-81 win over Alaska-Anchorage, before cruising to an 80-66 win over Alaska on Nov. 12.
North Carolina: This will be North Carolina's seventh appearance in the Maui Invitational, with the Tar Heels reaching the finals five times and winning the 1999, 2004 and 2008 events. The Tar Heels have a 15-3 record in the tournament. "We go to Maui every four years for a reason -- the head coach likes it," Roy Williams joked. Freshman post player, the 6-10 Tony Bradley, has scored in double figures in all four North Carolina games, coming off the bench. That's the most consecutive games in double figures at the beginning of a college career for a Tar Heel since Brandan Wright's 18-game stretch in 2006-07. He joins a talented starting-five led by Berry II (16.5-4.5-4.8), Jackson (15.5 & 4.0), Hicks (13.3 & 4.8), Meeks (12.8 & 10.7) and Britt (6.0 &3.3 APG).
Chaminade: The Silverswords are coming off a 12-15 record in 2015-16 and haven't played since winning Nov. 11 and 12. Guards Rohndell Goodwin (24.0 PPG) and Kiran Shastri (20.5 PPG) are quality scorers plus PG Sam Daly was among the best in the Pacific West Conference last season in assists and steals.
The pick: The Tar Heels are aiming for their first 5-0 start since 2011-12 and have 10 players averaging double-figures in minutes. It's been 34 years since tiny Chaminade defeated mighty Ralph Sampson and No. 1 Virginia Cavs (1982, to be exact) but do not expect any déjà vu here. The Tar Heels downed the Silverswords 112-70 in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational back on Nov. 12, 2012. that margin sound about right, again. Make North Carolina an 8* play.
North Carolina: This will be North Carolina's seventh appearance in the Maui Invitational, with the Tar Heels reaching the finals five times and winning the 1999, 2004 and 2008 events. The Tar Heels have a 15-3 record in the tournament. "We go to Maui every four years for a reason -- the head coach likes it," Roy Williams joked. Freshman post player, the 6-10 Tony Bradley, has scored in double figures in all four North Carolina games, coming off the bench. That's the most consecutive games in double figures at the beginning of a college career for a Tar Heel since Brandan Wright's 18-game stretch in 2006-07. He joins a talented starting-five led by Berry II (16.5-4.5-4.8), Jackson (15.5 & 4.0), Hicks (13.3 & 4.8), Meeks (12.8 & 10.7) and Britt (6.0 &3.3 APG).
Chaminade: The Silverswords are coming off a 12-15 record in 2015-16 and haven't played since winning Nov. 11 and 12. Guards Rohndell Goodwin (24.0 PPG) and Kiran Shastri (20.5 PPG) are quality scorers plus PG Sam Daly was among the best in the Pacific West Conference last season in assists and steals.
The pick: The Tar Heels are aiming for their first 5-0 start since 2011-12 and have 10 players averaging double-figures in minutes. It's been 34 years since tiny Chaminade defeated mighty Ralph Sampson and No. 1 Virginia Cavs (1982, to be exact) but do not expect any déjà vu here. The Tar Heels downed the Silverswords 112-70 in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational back on Nov. 12, 2012. that margin sound about right, again. Make North Carolina an 8* play.
