Thanks to a late night win over Hawaii the other day, the North Carolina Tar Heels got their trip to the Aloha State off to a good start, but now their real tests begin. On Monday, UNC will play the first of their three Maui Invitational games, starting with a quarterfinal matchup against Dayton.
This year’s Maui field is pretty loaded, featuring four top ten teams—including the Heels—and seven projected NCAA Tournament teams according to ESPN’s latest Bracketology watch. No matter what happens in the days following the Dayton game, there’s almost no combination of teams to play that wouldn’t provide Carolina with some good tests.