Three games in Hawaii? Now that'll help get the team ready for the season. Thanks to whoever had the guts to put us in a pre-season tournament again! Desktop site. Apps iPhone Android. DallasHawk Agreed Tony Bandle I just read an article in the Maui Times whereby their going to add four more teams to the format and come up with some complicated playoff tournament to see who gets to Hawaii. Gig Still another old Lyle man here. Not bad eh?
Levi Chronister Make it 4 of us :. Tony Bandle PS Nice timing with the recruits coming in tomorrow. Mahalo and Aloha!! Tallhawk That was funny. Forget the NBA, because they have forgotten about you. The Maui Invitational will cure the basketball blues we are all feeling right about now.
Format: The Maui Invitational begins in earnest this weekend, as the field is extended to include a bevy of mainland games. It will all culminate in the same place the Maui Invitational has always ended, in Lahaina, Maui. All four are back this time around, but the number of big boys taking a break in is again a quartet: Northwestern , Oregon State the only Big Six team to go on the road for an event last year , Penn State , and South Carolina.
In the case of the Wildcats, the decision to not participate in a tournament is a curious one, considering the lack of heft in their overall schedule. That choice could ultimately cost Northwestern the chance at breaking their Tournament drought. Here's the breakdown on the number of events and participating teams, along with a look at which teams 1 will have to play true road games and are 2 ineligible to win their event title.
The number of "Next Six" conference teams participating increased slightly, but at a price, as four of them will be ineligible to win their event titles this season compared to just one in , Duquesne. The same goes for Rhode Island in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. The Rams visit Pittsburgh for that event. They'll take part in Thanksgiving weekend's Las Vegas Invitational, where they'll meet Kansas in their first game. Notice I didn't say "semifinal.
The Bobcats are locked into a game with Santa Clara on Saturday, meaning they have no chance at grabbing a second Big Six win against Arizona , even if they stun the Jayhawks on Friday evening. More teams from the one-bid leagues are participating in events this year, but more of them must to travel to do so. On the plus side, while the number of mids ineligible to win their event is almost exactly the same 42 this season vs.
Eight round-robin events will feature exclusively mid-major fields. Events hosted by Auburn four teams , Louisville five , and Oregon four are pure record padders for the hosts.
Finally, if you've had the feeling that many event fields look familiar, it's not you. Many teams are bouncing between events run by the same promoter. This list is just a sample and isn't limited to the last two seasons, but rather on something I've noticed over the past three or four seasons, especially with ESPN's entrance in tournament organization. Here's a list of teams who will play in at least their second event run by the same promoter in a three-season span two-season span in the case of Basketball Tournaments, Inc.
Basketball Tournaments, Inc. If you hear bits and pieces of tournament fields for other than Maui , but not all eight teams, use this list to make a reasonable guess at filling in the blanks. Kansas is still reeling from a point loss to Kentucky on Tuesday. Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor led Kansas with 22 points on the day, largely thanks to of shooting from the free-throw line.
Michigan will take on Memphis at p. Click here for the full Maui Invitational bracket and schedule.
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