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DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars are going green -- something closer to the Minnesota green they wore before the NHL team moved to Texas 20 years ago. The Stars unveiled a new logo on Tuesday with a redesigned jersey heavy on the green that retired franchise icon Mike Modano donned after the Minnesota North Stars made him the top overall draft pick in 1988. Modano, who spent 20 of his 21 seasons with the franchise that drafted him, was wearing No. 9 again when the team celebrated the new look by announcing that his number will be retired when the Minnesota Wild visit Dallas on March 8. "Its a good colour," said Modano, the highest-scoring U.S.-born player in NHL history, who is now a franchise consultant. "No one else has it. Thats the way it was with the North Stars. Its kind of unique and different. It shows good on TV. When you see it, you know its us." The Stars had a darker shade of green when they moved to Dallas in 1993, but drifted toward a base of black and white through the years. Now they have combined the two greens from their history to come up with what they are calling "Victory Green" -- a choice made among more than 250 options considered. The move back to the franchises Minnesota roots is coming with a bunch of other changes. The Stars have a new general manager in Jim Nill, who said Tuesday he is "very close" to naming a new coach after he fired Glen Gulutzan. Under NHL realignment, Dallas will be in a division mostly with teams in the Central time zone for the first time. That means fewer of West Coast start times than they had in the Pacific Division. The Stars also said they will hold training camp in nearby Fort Worth and play preseason games in San Antonio and Oklahoma City. "Our organization is committed to growing the game of hockey across Texas, and partnering with Fort Worth is a first step in this endeavour," team president Jim Lites said. The logo is a nod to the franchises 20 years in Dallas because the star has a shape similar to the one that stood alone under "Dallas Stars" on the most popular jersey from the teams Stanley Cup championship season in 1998-99. On the front of the new jersey, a big "D" sits on top of the star, while the sleeves have the logo with "Dallas Stars" in a circle around it. Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said the team considered Texas colours -- particularly blue since its a prominent colour for the other pro sports teams in the Dallas area -- but decided too many NHL teams had some combination of red, white and blue. "I think green was important because it was in our history and in our DNA," Gaglardi said. "We were worried we would just blend in with so many other teams. We realized we had the ability to own our own colour across the league." The new look coincides with the team trying to end an unprecedented five-year stretch without a trip to the playoffs. The Stars won a playoff series their first season in Dallas, but it took them about four years to become championship contenders. There is more work to do this time, but Nill thinks that is a reasonable time frame. One of the centerpieces of the rebuilding effort, high-scoring forward Jamie Benn, was the other jersey model alongside Modano. "Were not as far away as people think," Nill said. "But in todays game, youre not far away either way. I dont think were far away, but we have some holes to fill, and if we dont, were going to be farther away than we thought." Custom Nike Kansas City Royals Jerseys . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Authentic . 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The trip to Hawaii was booked before the coaches were hired, but Wisconsins Greg Gard and Tennessees Rick Barnes will accept the challenge that comes with playing in the Maui Invitational.Ninth-ranked Wisconsin (2-1) will meet Tennessee (1-1) in the opening game of the eight-team tournament on Monday afternoon.The Badgers will likely fall in the rankings after a 79-67 loss to Creighton last week, but they bounced back to defeat Chicago State 69-51 before heading to the islands.Vito Brown scored 12 points in the uneven showing. Brown and Ethan Happ were a combined 9-of-13 from the field while Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig and Zak Showalter shot 4-of-22.We will continue to work and the guys will get better, Gard said. We got a little experience and now we have something to draw back on. We will practice in Maui and we are better based on our experiences this season. What we look for is taking a step forward each day.After 14 seasons as an assistant at the school, Gard was named interim head coach last December when Bo Ryan retired in the middle of the season. The 45-year old led the Badgers to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament to earn the job on a full-time basis.Wisconsin is one of three ranked teams in the tournament along with fourth-ranked Oregon and No. 5 North Carolina.The Badgers are led by Koenig with 15.7 points per game Hayes averages 11.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. Hayes is shooting 38.7 percent after shooting 36.8 percent last season while Kooenig is clicking at 42.dddddddddddd5 percent.Tennessee was upset 82-69 in its opener against Chattanooga before bouncing back to defeat Appalachian State 103-94 to start off Barnes second season at the school.Robert Hubbs III scored 16 points and six players reached double figures as the Volunteers scored 21 straight points in the first half and avoided their first 0-2 start since 1965-66.I thought we were much more aggressive offensively taking the shots that we want to take, Barnes said. I thought that part was good. We still made so many young mistakes that you cant make.Tennessee has a tough path as one of five unranked teams in Maui. If it beats Wisconsin, it could face No. 4 Oregon in the second round to possibly meet No. 5 North Carolina in the title game.Its always good to get your feet wet going and playing against teams like that, theyre all well coached and theyre all talented, so were looking forward to those games, Tennessee freshman guard Jordan Bone said.Bone is one of five players scoring in double figured with a team-high 14 points per game. Freshman guard Lamonte Turner and Hubbs III are each averaging 13.5 points per game.Freshman forward Grant Williams is at 10.5 points while sophomore forward Kyle Alexander is at 10.0.We have to get better on the defensive side. But I feel like we can score the ball really well, Bone said. ' ' '