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By ROBERT COLLIASStaff Writer

Roy Williams knows the EA SportsMaui Invitational.He ismaking a fifth trip to the event—

his third with the Tar Heels — tyingDuke’s Mike Krzyzewski for the recordby a coach not from host Chaminade.“It’s been a great, great time for me,”

Williams said. “It’s my favorite tourna-ment of all time.”North Carolina, ranked 11th by The

Associated Press, is thepretournament favoritegoing into its first-round game againstMississippi State onMonday at the LahainaCivic Center.The Tar Heels won

the event in 1999,2004 and 2008, thelast two underWill-iams. He also coached

Kansas to aMaui title in 1996.The only coach with more champi-

onships is Krzyzewski, with five, and theBlue Devils are the only team with moretitles and a better record on the ValleyIsle than the Tar Heels. Duke is 15-0 all-time in Lahaina, a win mark that NorthCarolina (13-2 in Maui games) can sur-pass this week.“I didn’t know that, but I’m sure sever-

al of those wins were with coach (Dean)Smith, or coach (Bill) Guthridge, orcoach (Matt) Doherty, but I will stillbring it up to my team, I can tell youthat,” Williams said. “It’s a big challengeand that’s what we’re looking at.”North Carolina, which went 32-6 last

season and reached the NCAA tourna-ment regional finals, was picked third bymedia in the Atlantic Coast Conferencethis season, behind North Carolina State

and Duke.James Michael McAdoo, a 6-foot-9

sophomore forward, was named to thepreseason All-ACC team and led the TarHeels in points and rebounds in both theirgames so far this season, victories overGardner-Webb and Florida Atlantic. Heis averaging 22.5 points and 12.5 re-bounds going into today’s game againstLong Beach State.“James Michael has gotten off to a

heck of a start for us,” Williams said.“Also Reggie Bullock is set to play acomplimentary role for us. He is one ofour leaders for this team and we needReggie to have a big-time tournament forus.We truly are a team, we are not a one-person team or a one-person scoring ma-chine or anything.”Bullock is the Tar Heels’ leading scor-

er returning from last season, when heaveraged 8.8 points. The junior guard to-

taled 21 points in the team’s first twogames this season.Also back is Dexter Strickland, who

last season was averaging 7.5 points andleading the team in steals and assists be-fore he suffered a season-ending knee in-jury on Jan. 19.Strickland remembers watching his

predecessor as the Tar Heels’ pointguard—Ty Lawson, now of the DenverNuggets— play onMaui.“Those guys, they actually toldme how

fun it is,” Strickland said. “Just beingdown there in that facility with a field ofgreat energy, I’m looking forward to it.”For the Tar Heels, who received their

lowest preseason ranking since 1999, atitle next week would not only meanpassing the Blue Devils, but also send amessage that the team is very much acontender on the national stage.“I think this year is important because

a lot of people look at us as underdogsand we have a great chance at provingthem wrong, proving that we still have abunch of guys who can win,” Stricklandsaid. “I think this tournamentwill solidifythat. …We are one of the most-winningprograms (third all-time) and it is veryimportant that we keep that up.”

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Tar Heels go into tourney as favorites

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Reggie Bullock is North Carolina’s top returning scorer from last season,when the team got within one win of the Final Four.

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ON TO COVER …• BACKGROUND: James Michael McAdoo ofNorth Carolina was a preseasonAtlanticCoast Conference first-team selection.(UNIVERSITYOF NORTH CAROLINAphoto)

• BOTTOM, FROM LEFT: Tyler Hansbroughsoars for a dunk during a Maui Invitationalgame in 2008. � The Tar Heels celebratewinning the 2004 title. � North Carolinaplayers huddle up en route to the 1999championship. (The Maui News file photos)

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It is a season of beginnings forMis-sissippi State.The Bulldogs have a new coach,

Rick Ray, and a roster that includesonly five returnees from last season’s21-12 team, which was snubbed bythe NCAA tournament selection com-mittee and then lost to Massachusetts

in double overtimein the first round ofthe National Invita-tion Tournament.This season,

Mississippi Statewas picked to fin-ish last in theSoutheastern Con-ference in a pre-season media poll,and has opened by

splitting its first two games.In the second contest, a win over

Florida Atlantic on Tuesday, JalenSteele suffered a fractured right wristthat will sideline him for approximate-ly six weeks.Mississippi State’s next game is

against North Carolina, ranked 11thin the nation byTheAssociated Press,in the first round of the EA SportsMaui Invitational.The Bulldogs will be playing at

the Lahaina Civic Center for the firsttime. Their last trip to Hawaii, twoseasons ago, included an infamousfight between teammates in the standsat the Stan Sheriff Center in Honoluluduring the Diamond Head Classic.This season’s teamhad already lost

two freshmen to season-ending kneeinjuries. Andre Applewhite’s anteriorcruciate ligament and meniscus in theleft knee were torn during a practice

earlier this month, and Jacoby Davissuffered an ACL tear in July.Steele appeared in all 33 of Missis-

sippi State’s games last season, start-ing 16, and averaged 8.7 points. Therest of the team’s starting five this sea-son had a combined six NCAA Divi-sion I starts before this month.“I think our guys are really doing a

good job of reading everything inpractice,”Ray,who spent the previoustwo seasons as an assistant at Clem-son, said last week. “I think they areexcited about the opportunity that is infront of them. I don’t think any team isoutworking us in practice as far as try-ing to learn, so I think our guys are re-ally pointing toward a great effort andare ready to go out and play hard.”Trivante Bloodman and freshman

Fred Thomas have been part of Ray’sthree-guard starting lineup. ColinBorchert, who had been starting atforward, has been suspended for a vi-olation of team rules and will not bewith the team in Hawaii.Wendell Lewis, a senior who aver-

aged 3.8 points and 4.0 rebounds lastseason, and freshmanGavinWare arethe tallest Bulldogs, each at 6-foot-9.Ray said the Maui field will not

give his team any breaks, but willhelp his inexperienced roster grow.“It is the hardest tournament of any

kind as far as basketball tournamentsgo,” Ray said. “The biggest thing forme is I wanted every kid on this teamto have the opportunity to say that hewent and played in the best basketballtournament. In the Maui Invitational,we have got the chance to play againstthe best competition. I think I wouldbe doing our guys a disservice if Ididn’t allow them this opportunity.”


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Wendell Lewis averaged 3.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last season forMississippi State.

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Butler’s Brad Stevens is 36, still youngby college coaching standards, but has al-ready made quite a name for himself.In five-plus seasons, he has racked

up 140 victories, four Horizon Leagueregular-season championships and, ofcourse, appearances in the NCAA tour-nament final in 2010 and 2011.With that kind of history, Stevens’

name tends to pop upwhen vacancies ar-rive at other schools,but he says his heart isat Butler.In April 2010, he

signed an extensionthat runs through the2021-22 season.“I’ve gotten calls.

I’m happy here,” saidStevens, who grew up

in the Indianapolis suburb of Zionsville.“I have an affinity for this place. I’vebeen here for 33 of the 36 years I’ve beenon this planet. It’s home.”The Bulldogs’ first appearance in the

EA Sports Maui Invitational — they playMarquette on Monday at the LahainaCivic Center in the tournament opener —will be their second trip to Hawaii inthree years. Butler won the 2010 Dia-mond Head Classic at the Stan SheriffCenter in Honolulu.“We pride ourselves on giving our

student-athletes the best student-athleteexperience possible,” Stevens said.“Next year we’re going to take a pre-

season trip to Australia. We don’t wantthem to leave regretful. They get to cometo Maui and play in Maui. It’s a memorythat’ll last forever.”The Bulldogs went 22-15 last season

and reached the semifinals of the CollegeBasketball Invitational. They lost to Con-

necticut in the 2011 NCAA final a yearafter coming within a buzzer-beater of de-feating Duke for a national championship.Emerson Kampen, Andrew Smith and

Chase Stigall, seniors this season, weremembers of all three of those teams.

“Obviously, anytime you get to experi-ence that, it’s remarkable,” Stevens said.“There are great players, great coacheswho have never played in the Sweet 16,let alone Final Four. And to do it in yourhometown in back-to-back years, it’s cer-

tainly an honor to be a part of. We’re thefirst team in the state of Indiana to go toback-to-back Final Fours.”Like any highly motivated individual,

Stevens hasn’t gotten too comfortable. “I try not to sit here and revel in the

great things that we’ve accomplished,”he said. “We’re just worried about tryingto do it again.”The Bulldogs, who opened their sea-

son with a win over Elon and a loss toXavier, were picked to finish sixth in theteam’s inaugural Atlantic-10 season in apoll of media and coaches. Their top re-turnees are the 6-foot-11 Smith, who av-eraged 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds pergame last season, 6-6 junior Khyle Mar-shall (9.8 points) and 6-4 sophomoreRoosevelt Jones (6.0 rebounds).“I like our team. I think we’re going to

have a good year,” Stevens said. “Wehave new guys and guys that have beenhere before. We have good size on ourfront line.”Butler is also hoping to get a boost from

6-0 senior Rotnei Clark, who sat out lastseason after transferring from Arkan-sas. Clark hit 42.0 percent of his 3-pointattempts for the Razorbacks two sea-sons ago.“We didn’t shoot it well last season,”

Stevens said. “That’s not an issue with thisyear’s team. We can put it in the hole.’’Despite Butler becoming more of a

household name in college basketball,Stevens said his recruiting strategy hasn’tchanged much. “We’re still going after the same type

of athletes,” he said. “Some might have ahigher number next to their name. Therankings can be subjective and not al-ways correct. We’re just trying to find theright guys.”

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Bulldogs bid for more Hawaii success

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Brad Stevens, who has 140 victories in just over five seasons as Butler’scoach, is signed with the school through the 2021-22 season.

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Buzz Williams was an assistant coachat Marquette the last time the team ap-peared in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.Now, he’s back as the Golden Eagles’

head coach, and fully aware of what theevent is all about.“The Maui Invitational is one of the

premier tournaments in the country and the quality of the fieldon an annual basis isproof of that reputa-tion,” Williams said.“I had the opportunityto participate as an as-sistant coach in 2007and being able to re-turn as the head coachat Marquette makes iteven more special.

Our program is looking forward to an-other great event.”The Golden Eagles were the runners-

up in 2007 under Tom Crean, who washired at Indiana after the season, withWilliams replacing him at Marquette.Williams has guided the team to the

NCAA tournament in each of his first fiveyears as head coach and owns a 112-64record after a 2-0 start this season.The Golden Eagles really created a

buzz the past two seasons, appearing inconsecutive NCAA regional semifinals.Two players from last season’s 27-8team were selected in the NBA draft.The squad playing at the Lahaina Civic

Center next week — starting with amatchup against Butler in the tourna-ment’s first game — has only three sen-iors, but returns its starting backcourt in6-foot-1 senior Junior Cadougan and 6-4junior Vander Blue. Cadougan averaged5.4 assists per game last season, andBlue averaged 8.4 points.

The top returning post player is 6-8junior Davante Gardner, the Golden Ea-

gles’ leading scorer (9.5) and rebounder(5.3) last season.

The top newcomer is someone whohas already excelled at the collegiate lev-el. Trent Lockett, a 6-5 senior, led Ari-zona State in scoring (13.0) and rebound-ing (5.8) last season.Lockett graduated from Arizona State

in three years and is enrolled in a Mar-quette graduate program, which allowshim to be about five hours away from theMinnesota home of his mother, who wasdiagnosed with lymphoma in March.“Obviously, Trent has a different ma-

turity level to him with what he’s beenthrough,” Williams said.“He is a stud of a human being. He an-

swers the bell every single day. He takesgreat care of his body. He’s always goingto be early. He’s never going to be late.He’s going to be prepared. He reallycares. He’s a great teammate.”Marquette had to wait for the start of

its season — the scheduled openeragainst Ohio State in the Carrier Classicon the USS Yorktown was canceled dueto condensation on the playing surface.The Golden Eagles have since defeatedColgate and Southeastern Louisiana. Inthose two games, Gardner totaled 32points and 12 rebounds in 37 minutes,and 6-11 senior Chris Otule scored 21points on 9-for-11 shooting from thefield. Jamil Wilson, a 6-7 junior, alsoscored 21 points.Otule played eight games last season

before being sidelined by a knee injury.During the 2010-11 season, he blocked55 shots in 37 games while averaging5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds.“I don’t know if that’s size advantage,

but that doesn’t hurt,” Williams was quot-ed as saying by the Associated Press afterthe game against Colgate. “But Chris andDavante have really gotten better.”

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Golden Eagles have veteran backcourt

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY photo

Vander Blue averaged 8.4 points per game last season, helping Marquettereach the NCAA tournament’s regional semifinals for a second straight year.

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No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Renaldo Woolridge F Sr. 6-91 Jio Fontan G Sr. 6-02 Greg Allen G Sr. 6-33 Zach Banner F Fr. 6-95 Ari Stewart F Jr. 6-710 Tyler Sugiyama G Jr. 5-1013 Chass Bryan G Fr. 5-914 Dewayne Dedmon F Jr. 7-015 Brendyn Taylor G Fr. 6-220 J.T. Terrell G Jr. 6-321 Aaron Fuller F Sr. 6-622 Byron Wesley G So. 6-524 Daniel Munoz G Jr. 5-1031 James Blasczyk C Sr. 7-134 Eric Wise F Sr. 6-641 Strahinja Gavrilovic F Fr. 6-955 Omar Oraby C Jr. 7-2

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIATROJANS

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Jalen Steele G Jr. 6-31 Fred Thomas G Fr. 6-52 Andre Applewhite G Fr. 6-53 Colin Borchert F Jr. 6-84 Trivante Bloodman G So. 6-05 Wendell Lewis C Sr. 6-911 Jacoby Davis G Fr. 6-115 Baxter Price G Sr. 5-1020 Gavin Ware F Fr. 6-924 Tyson Cunningham G Jr. 6-325 Roquez Johnson F So. 6-732 Craig Sword G Fr. 6-3

MISSISSIPPI STATEBULLDOGS

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Dean Melchionni G Sr. 6-41 Sheldon McClellan G So. 6-42 Demarcus Holland G Fr. 6-23 Javan Felix G Fr. 5-104 Danny Newsome F Fr. 6-95 Jaylen Bond F So. 6-710 Jonathan Holmes F So. 6-712 Myck Kabongo G So. 6-114 Julien Lewis G So. 6-321 Connor Lammert F Fr. 6-922 Andrew Dick G Sr. 6-233 Ioannis Papapetrou F Fr. 6-844 Prince Ibeh F/C Fr. 6-1055 Cameron Ridley C Fr. 6-9

TEXASLONGHORNS

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Jamil Wilson F Jr. 6-71 Jamal Ferguson G Fr. 6-45 Junior Cadougan G Sr. 6-110 Juan Anderson F So. 6-612 Derrick Wilson G So. 6-113 Vander Blue G Jr. 6-422 Trent Lockett G Gr. 6-523 Jake Thomas G Jr. 6-325 Steve Taylor Jr. F Fr. 6-730 Dylan Flood G So. 6-433 Garrett Swanson F So. 6-742 Chris Otule C Sr. 6-1154 Davante Gardner F Jr. 6-8

MARQUETTEGOLDEN EAGLES

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Sam McLaurin F Gr. 6-81 D.J. Richardson G Sr 6-32 Joseph Bertrand G Jr. 6-63 Brandon Paul G Sr. 6-410 Mike LaTulip G Fr. 6-013 Tracy Abrams G So. 6-115 Mike Shaw F So. 6-820 Myke Henry G/F So. 6-621 Devin Langford G/F Fr. 6-723 Ibby Djimde F/C So. 6-824 Rayvonte Rice G Jr. 6-431 Kevin Berardini G Jr. 6-032 Nnanna Egwu F/C So. 6-1142 Tyler Griffey F Sr. 6-9

ILLINOISFIGHTING ILLINI

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Andrew Smeathers G-F So. 6-62 Devontae Morgan G Fr. 6-33 Alex Barlow G So. 5-114 Erik Fromm F Jr. 6-811 Jackson Aldridge G So. 6-015 Rotnei Clarke G Sr. 6-021 Roosevelt Jones F So. 6-422 Elliott Kampen G So. 6-523 Khyle Marshall F Jr. 6-624 Kellen Dunham G Fr. 6-630 Emerson Kampen C Sr. 6-831 Kameron Woods F So. 6-933 Chase Stigall G Sr. 6-344 Andrew Smith C Sr. 6-11

BUTLERBULLDOGS

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.1 Amu Rosen G Fr. 6-32 Thomas Fleming G Fr. 6-43 Dominique Cooks G Sr. 6-45 Lee Bailey G So. 6-010 Bennie Murray G Sr. 6-411 Tyree Harrison F Jr. 6-712 Nick Peterson G Gr. 6-115 Darko Vukasovic F So. 6-622 Mike Green F So. 6-623 Kevin Hu F Fr. 6-624 Waly Coulibaly G Sr. 6-325 Rhys Murphy F Jr. 6-733 DeAndre Haskins G Sr. 6-4

CHAMINADESILVERSWORDS

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht.0 Joel James F Fr. 6-101 Dexter Strickland G Sr. 6-32 Leslie McDonald G Jr. 6-53 Wade Moody G Jr. 6-04 Luke Davis G So. 6-05 Marcus Paige G Fr. 6-01⁄211 Brice Johnson F Fr. 6-914 Desmond Hubert F So. 6-91⁄215 P.J. Hairston G So. 6-51⁄221 Jackson Simmons F So. 6-722 Frank Tanner F Sr. 6-425 J.P. Tokoto F Fr. 6-530 James Manor F Jr. 6-634 Denzel Robinson F Jr. 6-435 Reggie Bullock G Jr. 6-743 James Michael McAdoo F So. 6-9

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HISTORY

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RECORDS

2011—Ryan Kelly, Duke2010—Kemba Walker, Connecticut2009—Steven Gray and Matt Bouldin,

Gonzaga2008—Ty Lawson, North Carolina 2007—Kyle Singler, Duke 2006—Darren Collison, UCLA 2005—Adam Morrison, Gonzaga 2004—Raymond Felton, North Carolina 2003—Keith Waleskowski, Dayton 2002—Bracey Wright, Indiana 2001—Mike Dunleavy, Duke 2000—Michael Wright, Arizona 1999—Joseph Forte, North Carolina 1998—Jason Hart, Syracuse 1997—Steve Wojciechowski, Duke 1996—Raef LaFrentz, Kansas 1995—Kerry Kittles, Villanova 1994—Mario Bennett, Arizona St. 1993—Travis Ford, Kentucky 1992—Bobby Hurley, Duke; Anfernee

Hardaway, Memphis St. 1991—George Gilmore, Chaminade 1990—Billy Owens, Syracuse 1989—Doug Smith, Missouri 1988—Glenn Rice, Michigan 1987—Iowa team 1986—Will Purdue, Vanderbilt 1985—Dell Curry, Virginia Tech 1984—Patrick Langlois, Chaminade

MVPs2012 participants in bold

Duke 15-0 1.000Syracuse 6-0 1.000Connecticut 8-1 .889North Carolina 13-2 .867Dayton 5-1 .833Michigan 10-4 .714Kentucky 10-5 .667Michigan St. 8-4 .667Vanderbilt 8-4 .667Gonzaga 6-3 .667Illinois 6-3 .667Iowa 6-3 .667Missouri 6-3 .667Ohio St. 6-3 .667Texas 6-3 .667Purdue 4-2 .667Alabama 2-1 .667Ball St. 2-1 .667California 2-1 .667Cincinnati 2-1 .667Clemson 2-1 .667Florida 2-1 .667George Washington 2-1 .667Georgia Tech 2-1 .667Hawaii 2-1 .667James Madison 2-1 .667Marquette 2-1 .667Minnesota 2-1 .667New Mexico 2-1 .667NC-Charlotte 2-1 .667Rice 2-1 .667Toledo 2-1 .667Tulane 2-1 .667Utah St. 2-1 .667Wichita St. 2-1 .667Arizona 9-6 .600Arizona St. 9-6 .600Indiana 9-6 .600Kansas 9-6 .600Providence 3-2 .600Villanova 7-5 .583UCLA 7-5 .583Louisville 5-4 .555Santa Clara 5-4 .555Virginia 6-5 .545

Maryland 6-6 .500Arkansas 3-3 .500BYU 3-3 .500Georgetown 3-3 .333Notre Dame 3-3 .500San Diego St. 3-3 .500South Carolina 3-3 .500UNLV 3-3 .500Wisconsin 3-3 .500Virginia Tech 1-1 .500Memphis 7-8 .467Utah 4-5 .444Oklahoma 5-7 .417Kansas St. 2-3 .400DePaul 4-8 .333LSU 3-6 .333Stanford 3-6 .333Boston College 2-4 .333Massachusetts 2-4 .333Tennessee 2-4 .333Arkansas St. 1-2 .333Baylor 1-2 .333Colorado 1-2 .333Evansville 1-2 .333Houston 1-2 .333Iowa St. 1-2 .333Long Beach St. 1-2 .333Loyola Marymount 1-2 .333Nebraska 1-2 .333Northeastern 1-2 .333Oklahoma St. 1-2 .333Oregon 1-2 .333Seton Hall 1-2 .333St. Joseph’s 1-2 .333Southern California 1-2 .333Tennessee Tech 1-2 .333Texas A&M 1-2 .333Virginia Commonwealth 1-2 .333Washington 1-2 .333Chaminade 6-76 .073Davidson 0-2 .000Central Michigan 0-3 .000Lamar 0-3 .000Princeton 0-3 .000Butler 0-0 .000Mississippi St. 0-0 .000

TEAM HISTORIES

IndividualPoints—43, Adam Morrison, Gonzaga, vs. Michigan St., 2005.Rebounds—20, Jeronne Maymon, Tennessee, vs. Memphis, 2011.Assists—15, Brandon Granville, Southern California, vs. Memphis, 1999.Steals—10, Jeff Trepagnier, Southern California, vs. Utah St., 1999.Blocks—7, Zach Finley, Princeton, vs. Duke, 2007; Arne Alig, Chami-

nade, vs. Providence, 1991; Earl Barron, Memphis, vs. Chaminade, 1999;Lonny Baxter, Maryland, vs. Dayton, 2000; Dan Godfread, Evansville, vs.Missouri, 1989; Ray Gromlowicz, UNC-Charlotte, vs. Chaminade, 1986;Jelani McCoy, UCLA, vs. Santa Clara, 1995; Tommy Smith, Arizona St., vs.Utah, 2002.Field goals—16, Dell Curry, Virginia Tech, vs. Michigan, 1985; Everick

Sullivan, Louisville, vs. Chaminade, 1989.Free throws made—21, Kaspars Kambala, UNLV, vs. Louisville, 2000.

3-pointers—10, Kyle McAlarney, Notre Dame, vs. North Carolina, 2008.Turnovers—13, Maurice Houston, Tennessee Tech, vs. Texas, 1993.

TeamMost points—162, Loyola Marymount, vs. Chaminade, 1990.Fewest points—37, Arizona St., vs. Minnesota, 1991.Rebounds—70, Northeastern, vs. Loyola Marymount, 1990.Assists—37, Northeastern, vs. Loyola Marymount, 1990.Steals—20, Oklahoma, vs. BYU, 1992.Blocks—13, Maryland, vs. Dayton, 2000.Field goals—57, Northeastern, vs. Loyola Marymount, 1990.Free throws made—36, Iowa, vs. Kansas, 1987.3-pointers—19, Loyola Marymount, vs. Chaminade, 1990.Turnovers—32, Northeastern, vs. Loyola Marymount, 1990; Santa Clara,vs. Loyola Marymount, 1990.

GAME RECORDS

2011—Duke2010—Connecticut2009—Gonzaga2008—North Carolina 2007—Duke 2006—UCLA 2005—Connecticut

2004—North Carolina 2003—Dayton 2002—Indiana 2001—Duke 2000—Arizona 1999—North Carolina 1998—Syracuse

1997—Duke 1996—Kansas 1995—Villanova 1994—Arizona St. 1993—Kentucky 1992—Duke 1991—Michigan St.

1990—Syracuse 1989—Missouri 1988—Michigan 1987—Iowa 1986—Vanderbilt 1985—Michigan 1984—Providence

CHAMPIONS

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Steve Wojciechowski’s MVP perform-ance in 1997 is part of why Duke is 15-0 in its five trips to the Maui Invi-tational. � Jeronne Maymon grabs one of a tournament-record 20 re-bounds he had for Tennessee in a double-overtime win over Memphislast year. � Connecticut celebrates in 2005 after winning the first of theprogram’s two Maui titles. � Indiana players pose with the champi-onship trophy in 2002. �Kerry Kittles was the tournament MVP in 1995,helping Villanova to the title.


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Even while short-handed, Texas hasgone unbeaten leading up to its appear-ance in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.If the Longhorns are able to resolve

some remaining uncertainty the way theywould like, they could provide a toughtest for opponents not only at the LahainaCivic Center, but throughout the season.Texas, which will face Chaminade on

Monday in a first-round game, is un-ranked by The Asso-ciated Press, but holdsthe No. 24 spot in theUSA Today coaches’poll. In their twogames this season, theLonghorns limitedFresno State and Cop-pin State to a com-

bined 30.2 percent shooting from thefield, and outrebounded them 93-57.That’s been done without two sopho-

mores — forward Jaylen Bond, whosuffered an ankle injury in practice lastweek, and guard Myck Kabongo, heldout by the school as the NCAA investi-gates his relationship with an agent.“We really haven’t discussed it as a

team,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said, viaemail, of Kabongo’s absence. “It’s out ofour control and out of Myck’s control, sothere’s nothing we can do on our end ex-cept wait for the ruling to be made andmove forward. … The guys have allworked hard and we’ve prepared for it.”Sheldon McClellan, the Longhorns’

leading returning scorer, has totaled 45points so far this season.“I do need to shoot the ball when I’m

open, and that’s something the coach-ing staff and my teammates have beenstressing to me,” the 6-foot-4 sophomore

guard said in an email. “But I’m work-ing on improving in every area of the

game … moving without the ball andreading the defense, playing defense con-

sistently at a high level, rebounding onboth ends, taking care of the ball andmaking good decisions.”McClellan averaged 11.3 points per

game last season as Texas went 20-14,losing in the NCAA tournament»’s roundof 64.Kabongo was selected for the Big 12

all-rookie team last season after averag-ing 5.2 assists per game, and was a pre-season all-conference first-teamer thisyear. Bond averaged 3.4 points, shooting51.0 percent from the field (52-for-102),with 4.6 rebounds.Even in their absence, and the depar-

ture of J’Covan Brown, who turned pro-fessional after averaging 19.5 points lastseason, the Longhorns have some experi-enced players beyond McClellan.Julien Lewis averaged 7.8 points last

season, and fellow sophomore JonathanHolmes was second on the team in re-bounding, with 4.8 per game.Freshman guard Javan Felix had nine

assists Monday against Coppin State, butalso committed eight turnovers. He scored10 points against Fresno State.“We do think we are going to be a

team that’s going to be balanced and canscore inside and outside,” Barnes said.Texas has been to the last 14 NCAA

tournaments, a run that coincides withBarnes’ tenure. Among active streaks, itis the best by a team in this year’s Mauifield, and tied for the fourth-longest inthe nation. “Every year at Texas, we want to

compete for a national championship,”McClellan said. “But to do that, the goalsare very simple. We want to get better asa team and as individuals every day.When you do that, everything else takescare of itself.”

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Sheldon McClellan, Texas’ top returning scorer, averaged 11.3 points pergame last season.

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Eric Bovaird encountered much thatwas new last season, his first as Chami-nade’s coach.Among the experiences that eluded

him, however, was something the Silver-swords have enjoyed only six times innearly three decades — a win at the EASports Maui Invitational.“It’s always on the back of my mind,”

Bovaird said. “It’sa big deal for Cha-minade.”There’s reason to

believe he could bepart of another ofthose rare happenings.The Silverswords

have a pair of potentpoint guards, one ofthem an all-conference

pick and the other a contributor to a pre-vious Maui upset as well as one of theteam’s four seniors.“Obviously, Maui, we always want to

win a game,” said Dominique Cooks,who was the first player off the bench inChaminade’s most recent win at the La-haina Civic Center, over Oklahoma in2010. “This being my last Maui, I want toget a win.”Lee Bailey, who shared last season’s

Pacific West Freshman of the Year awardafter averaging 13.5 points and 3.6 as-sists, was named to the all-conferencepreseason team for 2012-13.“We expect a lot out of Lee,” Bovaird

said. “He was a good player last year,but he knows he has a lot of stuff to im-prove on.”The Silverswords, 6-76 in the tourna-

ment’s 28 editions so far — they losttheir three Maui games last year by an av-erage of 28.3 points — will face Texas

in the first round Monday.The NCAA Division II team has six

players back from last season’s 11-14

squad. The Silverswords’ other seniorsare also guards — Bennie Murray, whoaveraged 13.8 points per game last sea-

son, best among the returning players,Waly Coulibaly and DeAndre Haskins.“That’s the biggest thing from last

year to this year, is having that familiari-ty,” said Cooks, who averaged 9.2 pointslast season. Haskins, who was sidelined by injuries

last season, averaged 10.4 points in2010-11, and “should be one of the bet-ter defenders in the league,” Bovaird said.In Chaminade’s first three games this

season, victories over Saint Martin’s andWestern Oregon and a loss to defendingD-II national champion Western Wash-ington, Haskins has averaged 18.0 pointsand 7.0 rebounds.Coulibaly is dealing with tendinitis in

his knee, but Bovaird hopes to have himback for the games on Maui.Murray’s 52 3-pointers last season led

the team and ranked third in the PacWest.“He’s really good offensively. He can

score from anywhere on the court,” Bo-vaird said of Murray. “He’s turning into agood, strong player.”The new additions for the Silver-

swords include their two tallest players,both listed as 6-foot-7. Rhys Murphy is atransfer from Oregon State who was athree-time national high school highjump champion in Australia, and TyreeHarrison has joined the team after play-ing at Citrus (Calif.) Junior College.Chaminade, which has won just three

times in the Maui Invitational front brack-et, most recently in 2003, will be trying todefy expectations even after next week’sgames. The Silverswords were pickedsixth in the PacWest preseason poll.“The team that we have, we have a lot

of battlers,” Cooks said. “We have a lotof guys who like to play with their backsto the wall. I think that underdog role willsuit us well.”

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Dominique Cooks, who averaged 9.2 points per game last season, willseek to help Chaminade add to its total of six victories in the EA SportsMaui Invitational.

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Renaldo Woolridge knows what theEA Sports Maui Invitational can do for adowntrodden team.The senior transfer at Southern Cali-

fornia played last season at Tennessee,which finished seventh a year ago at theLahaina Civic Center while still recover-ing from a recruiting scandal involving

former coach BrucePearl, but went on toreach the National In-vitation Tournament’ssecond round.The Trojans are

coming off a toughseason of their own —they finished 6-26,matching their low-est win total since1926 — and now

have a roster that includes 10 transfers,eight from four-year schools.Woolridge graduated from Tennessee

with a degree in sociology and returnedto his native Southern California areafor his final season of eligibility.“I think the biggest thing I remember

was first of all just the atmosphere onMaui, just seeing how beautiful every-thing is, how peaceful the scene,” saidWoolridge, who had 16 points and 14 re-bounds in three games at last year’s event.“I definitely remember the gym, the feel-ing of it. It kind of felt like a high schoolgym, so it was real warm inside, and that’sthe one thing everyone noticed.”Woolridge will play tour guide for his

new teammates before they face Illinois inthe last of Monday’s first-round games.“My teammates have been asking me

and a few of them saw me play in it lastyear, so they have been asking about howeverything is like playing there,” saidWoolridge, who averaged 4.3 points and

3.3 rebounds per game with the Volun-teers last season.“So it is cool to have that experience

and try to give that back to our team, andI think it gives us an advantage being ableto know what to expect.”

Woolridge — son of the late OrlandoWoolridge, who spent 13 seasons in theNBA — said USC can be better than theninth-place finish in the Pac-12 predictedin a media poll.The Trojans opened their season with

victories over Coppin State and LongBeach State.“The ranking, I think that came from

everything that happened last year, butwe have a whole bunch of new transfers,a lot of guys who were hurt last year whoare back healthy,” Woolridge said. “Weare a new team, so we are just going to goout there and compete. You know, start tochop away at the rankings.”The Trojans were down to six scholar-

ship players late last season, but havepoint guard Jio Fontan back — he missedthe last season and a half with injuries.Fontan started his career at Fordham,where he averaged 15.3 points and 4.7assists per game and was named to theAtlantic-10 all-rookie team in 2009-10.Aaron Fuller, a transfer from Iowa, av-

eraged 10.6 points and 5.9 rebounds pergame last season before suffering ashoulder injury. Dewayne Dedmon, oneof three 7-footers on the roster, averaged7.6 points and 5.5 rebounds in 20 startslast season before being sidelined by atorn anterior cruciate ligament.Wake Forest transfer J.T. Terrell is the

starter at shooting guard. He averaged11.1 points per game for the DemonDeacons two seasons ago.“We have got 10 new players and

guys back from being injured and all thatkind of stuff,” said Kevin O’Neill, in hisfourth season as USC’s coach. “It is thefirst year we have had a full roster ofplayers, so we will find out a lot aboutourselves in the tournament.”“We think we are going to be very

competitive in every game and we are ex-cited to play every game. As I told ourplayers: ‘We are going to let our playingdo our talking.’ The only way to proveourselves is to win games and we plan ondoing that.”


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The EA Sports Maui Invitational is fallsemester finals week for the Illinois bas-ketball team.First-year coach John Groce has lec-

tured the Fighting Illini to wins over Col-gate and St. Francis. The final midtermbefore settling down at the Lahaina CivicCenter will be a game against Hawaii to-night in Honolulu.“To be honest, going through that and

understanding that itdoes take time, thatthe learning curveright now when I’mdealing with our 14players from thestandpoint of whatthey are trying to learnand what we’re want-ing to do, it’s like hav-ing 14 freshmen, 14new guys,” Groce said

during Big Ten media days.Illinois, which went 17-15 last season,

has won by an average of 22.5 points pergame this season. “I want to acknowledge our seniors and

our captains — they did a phenomenal jobof having our guys ready to play,” Grocesaid after the victory over St. Francis.“These guys, from a mental stand-

point, practiced really well. … We have achance to keep getting better.”Illinois, which will meet Southern Cal-

ifornia to conclude Monday’s first-roundplay in Lahaina, was picked ninth in theBig Ten in a preseason media poll.Among the players back is Brandon Paul,a senior guard who was a third-team all-conference selection last season after av-eraging 14.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and ateam-best 2.9 assists per game.This season, Paul is averaging 17.0

points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists.

Backcourt mate Tracy Abrams is chip-ping in 14.0 points, and 6-foot-9 seniorcenter Tyler Griffey is averaging 13.5.Groce said his wife is jealous of Grif-

fey because of all the travel he has experi-

enced. After his freshman season he wentto Germany and Belgium with GlobalSports Academy.“He travels more than anybody in here,

OK,” the coach said. “This guy has been

about everyplace.”Griffey said of the trip to the islands:

“I’m real excited. I just looked. I keeptrack of every state I have made a basketin — and it’s 37, Hawaii will be my 37thstate. It’s going to be a great learning ex-perience for us to see where we’re at as ateam and we are looking forward to it.”Groce said being in the 50th state for

more than a week will be a challenge.“I love my family, but my wife will tell

you that I’m not the greatest Halloween,Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hawaii guy.I’m not,” Groce said. “We have got tokeep it in perspective, but the one thing Itell those guys: ‘We are going to enjoyevery day.’“Everything that gets thrown at us gets

thrown at us for a reason. You have got tolearn from every circumstance that yougo through. Right now, we have not gotpopped in the mouth yet and it will hap-pen (in Hawaii).”Groce came to Illinois after four sea-

sons as Ohio’s coach. During his timewith the Bobcats, their most exotic trip —outside of two visits to the NCAA tourna-ment — was to the Las Vegas Invitation-al in 2010.“I am not a huge travel guy,” Groce

said. “There is a transition going out,there is a transition coming back, both.Physically, emotionally, mentally. …There are factors: How much water arewe drinking tomorrow, what are we eat-ing on the plane, when are we sleeping,when are our bodies transitioning? Allthose things become factors, but I am ex-cited that we are going to have the chanceto play some really good competition andget more of a feel for where our team is atand what we need to work on. … Don’tbe mistaken, this is not a vacation. This isa business trip.”


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Illinois’ Brandon Paul was a Big Ten third-teamer last season after averag-ing 14.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and a team-best 2.9 assists per game.

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