1. A quietly dominant performance by Carolina in the Maui Invitational opener. After the game was tied at 27 in the first half, the Tar Heels obliterated UNLV, going on a 45-14 run until the bench was emptied at the four minute media timeout. Carolina won, 78-51.
2. Nervous first few minutes in Asheville, but Carolina methodically began to do exactly what it should do to a smaller UNLV squad--punish them on the backboards, continue to pound the ball into the paint, and grab roughly half the offensive rebound opportunities.