Game of the Week: North Carolina vs. Notre Dame in Maui Final

Now this is what I call a match-up!

Number one North Carolina verses eighth ranked Notre Dame in the finals of the Maui Invitational tonight.

This game features not one, but two Preseason All-Americans. North Carolina’s Tyler “Don’t Call Me Joe Wolf” Hansbrough and Notre Dame’s Luke “Don’t Call Me Joe Wolf Either” Harangody.

The Tar Heels are seeking their third title on the island. Notre Dame will try to give it’s fans a reason to forget that the football team is a 30 point underdog against USC this weekend.

North Carolina got to the finals by blowing out Pacific-10 “power” Oregon 98-69. Hansbrough score 16 in just his second game of the season.

Blah, blah, blah. North Carolina being North Carolina.

But did you see how those Fighting Irish got there?

Harangody scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in a close 81-80 win against sixth-ranked Texas last night.

This may actually be a competitive game.

Game time is 7 p.m. Pacific Time. (I’m tired of everyone always using Eastern Time first).