UCLA will play in the Maui Invitational at Hawaii’s Stan Sheriff Center from Nov. 20-22 after devastating wildfires ravaged Maui this summer.
UCLA is part of what might be the strongest field in the history of the tournament. Five of the top 10 teams in ESPN’s preseason poll — No. 1 Kansas, No. 3 Purdue, No. 7 Gonzaga, No. 8 Tennessee and No. 10 Marquette — will also participate alongside Syracuse and Chaminade. UCLA will face Marquette in the first round on Nov. 20, with either Kansas or Chaminade up next the following day.
The tournament got its start two years after Chaminade, then an NAIA school, upset top-ranked Virginia in 1982 in Honolulu in what remains widely considered the biggest upset in college basketball history. Chaminade was made the permanent host school of an event usually held inside the Lahaina Civic Center, with students being flown from Honolulu to Maui to support the Division II Silverswords.
“We are disappointed that we could not make the Lahaina Civic Center available for the Maui Invitational this year, but we are thankful the tournament is staying in Hawaii,” said Richard Bissen, mayor of Maui, in a statement. “We appreciate everything the Maui Invitational is doing to help Maui and its residents.”online auction featuring items donated by past tournament participants, with proceeds benefiting wildfire relief and recovery efforts. To learn more, visit mauiinvitational.
This is not the first time the Maui Invitational will be held at an alternate location; it was moved to Asheville, N.C., during the 2020-21 season because of COVID-19 restrictions in Hawaii.
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