Lahaina, Hawaii ? North Carolina, which returns national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough and its top five other scorers from last season’s Final Four team, will open the 25th annual EA Sports Maui Invitational against host Chaminade.
The pairings for the tournament, which will be held Nov. 24-26 at the Lahaina Civic Center, were announced Tuesday. The other first-round games will have Texas, a regional finalist last season, against Saint Joseph’s, Indiana meeting Notre Dame in an all-Hoosier state matchup, and Oregon facing Alabama.