After three wins in five days to start the NCAA basketball season, the North Carolina Tar Heels are on their way to Hawaii for the start of the 2016 Maui Invitational.
The team has seen some success in the tournament, which has been held annually since the 1984 season. In six appearances, the Tar Heels have won the tournament three times; in 1999, 2004 and again in 2008.
The team’s most recent appearance in the tournament was during the 2012 season, when they lost a semifinal matchup against the Butler Bulldogs. They also fell short of a title in 1989 and 1995, the school’s first two trips to the annual event.