Tre Holloman is a third-year guard at Michigan State who had appeared in 76 games for the Spartans before Wednesday. Career starts: two. Starts this season: zero. But with an opponent in North Carolina that starts three guards 6-foot-3 or smaller,

Here are three observations from the Tigers' wins over No. 5 Iowa State, No. 12 North Carolina and Memphis in the Aloha State.

UNC never led in the game and ultimately ended up with an 85-72 loss in Maui. The biggest glaring deficiency from Carolina was the play of their big men. That has been a story of the season so far, especially contrasted with how well the three guards have been playing.