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30.03.2018 13:22

After mostly cruising through four games, fifth-ranked North Carolina takes a different kind of challenge this week.The Maui Invitational should test the Tar Heels endurance.North Carolina has won each game by double-digit margins, so the likelihood for heightened competition is appealing at this stage of the season.I think that is what the whole team wants, Tar Heels guard Joel Berry said. We want a good challenge. We still have to go out there and play our hardest, so we can try and get better. I think going out to Maui and playing against some better competition will help us.The tournament schedule calls for three games in three days at Lahaina Civic Center, with the Tar Heels beginning Monday night against tournament host Chaminade (2-0), a Division II program.This is North Carolinas 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.Coach Roy Williams said the competition is important. Hes also prone to point out the fringe benefits of the trip because he enjoys tropical weather.We go to Maui every four years for a reason -- the head coach likes it, Williams said.Yet the Tar Heels are aware that the basketball value is of utmost importance.We have to go with the right mindset, senior forward Kennedy Meeks said. I know its a nice place to go.North Carolina holds a 4-0 record for the first time since November 2012.Freshman post player Tony Bradley has scored in double figures in all four North Carolina games. Thats the most consecutive games in double figures at the beginning of a college career for a Tar Heel since Brandan Wrights 18-game stretch in 2006-07.Williams, with a 787-209 coaching record, moved into ninth place in Division I mens coaching victories with Friday nights 83-68 win at Hawaii. He passed Lefty Driesell.That game also resulted in the lowest point total of the season for the Tar Heels, who rang up more than 90 points in the first three games of the season -- something they hadnt done in 22 years.This marks the third Maui Invitational appearance in a row in which the Tar Heels will match up with Chaminade, though the last time it came in a consolation round.Chaminade, which was coming off a 12-15 record in 2015-16, hasnt played since winning Nov. 11 and 12 against Alaska Anchorage and Alaska, respectively, to open the new season.Our defense has been really, really good, sixth-year coach Eric Bovaird said on the schools web site. Its something weve focused on. Were getting better. Its something were going to focus on.Guards Rohndell Goodwin and Kiran Shastri averaged 24 and 20.5 points in the opening two games for Chaminade. Sam Daly, who was among the best in the Pacific West Conference last season in assists and steals, is a senior guard in his second year with the Silverswords after transferring from Grand Canyon.Starting out 2-0 going into Maui feels really good, Bovaird said.The North Carolina-Chaminade winner takes on the Connecticut-Oklahoma State winner in Tuesday nights semifinals, while the losers meet in the consolation bracket. Under Armour Womens Shoes Clearance . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Under Armour Stephen Curry Shoes . LUCIE, Fla. http://www.stephencurryuashoes.com/cheap-stephen-curry-shoes/curry-2-5-basketball-shoes.html . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). Under Armour Speedform Apollo Vent . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Womens Under Armour Shoes On Sale . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. On a day filled mostly with qualifying matches, fifth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain also entered the second with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, while Guido Pella of Argentina defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance. Manchester Uniteds EFL Cup win over Northampton did little to brighten Jose Mourinhos mood on Wednesday night.The Portuguese coach railed against footballs Einsteins, who he believes have tried to delete 16 years of his managerial career.It was the latest in a long line of colourful outbursts from Mourinho, and got ESPN thinking -- who is footballs king of coaching quips?You decide...Jose Mourinho: The self-proclaimed special one has never shied away from a press conference barb. In the past he has claimed that Rafa Benitez destroyed the best team in Europe after succeeding him at Inter, and called Arsene Wenger both a voyeur and a specialist in failure.Brian Clough: The man who took two provincial rivals -- Derby County and Nottingham Forest -- to the English championship (and beyond) almost on force of character alone. Clough famously once said of his abilities: I wouldnt say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.Sir Alex Ferguson: Football, bloody hell. That was Fergusons succinct summation of Manchester Uniteds 1999 Champions League, and it has come to be used as sporting shorrthand.ddddddddddddThe former Red Devils boss also coined the phrase?squeaky-bum time to describe a tense season run-in.Jurgen Klopp: Klopp famously compared the way in which his Borussia Dortmund side played to heavy metal ahead of a clash with Arsenal. He [Arsene Wenger] likes having the ball, playing football, passes. Its like an orchestra. But its a silent song. I like heavy metal. Has also described himself as the normal one.Claudio Ranieri: The Italians press conferences were a colourful accompaniment to Leicesters surge to the title last season. Ranieri offered his players pizza for wins, compared himself to Pavarotti and even coined a new phrase -- Dilly-ding, dilly-dong!Bill Shankly: The man who turned Liverpool into the dominant force in English football in the 1960s and 70s once opined that football was much more serious than life and death. 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