Maui Invitational Tournament

Maui Invitational Tournament
Maui Invitational Tournament
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Logo of the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational
Sport College Basketball
Founded 1984
Title sponsor EA SPORTS
Host Chaminade University
No. of teams 12
Venue(s) Campus Sites (Opening & Regional Games)
Lahaina Civic Center
Maui, Hawaii (Championship Round)
Most recent champion(s) Connecticut Huskies
Most titles Duke Blue Devils (4)
TV partner(s) ESPN
Official website www.mauiinvitational.com

The EA SPORTS Maui Invitational is an annual early-season college basketball tournament that takes place Thanksgiving Week in Lahaina, Hawaii at the Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui. It is hosted by Chaminade University of Honolulu (which is also a yearly participant), along with a field of seven NCAA Division I men's basketball teams. EA SPORTS has served as the title sponsor since 2001. The tournament, broadcast by ESPN, began in 1984, as inspired by a 1982 upset by Chaminade over Virginia, considered by some to be the greatest upset in college basketball history.[1]

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History

The tournament began because of what is considered the greatest upset in the history of college basketball. On December 23, 1982, Chaminade, then an NAIA school (now NCAA Division II), defeated #1 Virginia which included Ralph Sampson, in Hawaii.

Shortly after the amazing upset, Virginia head coach Terry Holland congratulated Chaminade’s Athletic Director, Mike Vasconcellos, and suggested to him that he might consider beginning a Hawaii tournament at some point. Two years after that, the Maui Classic, today’s EA Sports Maui Invitational, had begun for the first time, with Chaminade reaching the finals and losing to Providence.

Today the tournament provides schools an opportunity to compete on a neutral court with some of the top basketball programs in the country. Associated Press college basketball editor Jim O'Connell calls the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational, "the best in-season tournament in the country – the standard by which all others are compared."

Some 82 schools representing 21 conferences and 37 states have competed in the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational. The only teams to win the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational and the national championship in the same season are Michigan (won Maui Invitational in 1988 and were 1989 National Champions), North Carolina twice (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational winners in 2004 and 2008 and won national championship in 2005 and 2009), and Connecticut (won EA SPORTS Maui Invitational in 2010 and were 2011 National Champions.)

Of the eight teams which play in the Maui Invitational, generally there is one from each of the six major conferences (the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, ACC, and the SEC), one from another conference (such as Conference USA, MVC or the Atlantic 10), and Chaminade.

Starting with the 2011 tournament, the field will add four mainland teams that will play the Maui-bound teams at home. The four mainland teams, will then play each other in regional games.The winner from each game will square off in the championship contest, preceded by the consolation game between the losers.[2]

Effect on the local economy

Each year, more than 4,000 out-of state visitors – boosters, players, officials, team and game personnel, media representatives, sponsors, production crews and basketball fans in general - attend. The 2007 EA SPORTS Maui Invitational Hosted by Chaminade University again ranked among Hawaii’s top revenue-generating events by bolstering the local economy by more than $8 million, according to the latest financial data released by the Maui Visitors Bureau. The nation’s premier early-season college basketball tournament has brought nearly $130 million to Maui’s economy since the tournament’s debut in 1984.

Past champions, runners-up, and MVPs

Year Winner Score Opponent Tournament MVP
1984 Providence 60-58 Chaminade Patrick Langlois, Chaminade
1985 Michigan 80-58 Kansas State Dell Curry, Virginia Tech
1986 Vanderbilt 87-71 New Mexico Will Perdue, Vanderbilt
1987 Iowa 97-74 Villanova Entire Iowa Team
1988 Michigan 91-81 Oklahoma Glen Rice, Michigan
1989 Missouri 80-73 North Carolina Doug Smith, Missouri
1990 Syracuse 77-74 Indiana Billy Owens, Syracuse
1991 Michigan State 86-61 Arkansas George Gilmore, Chaminade
1992 Duke 89-66 BYU Bobby Hurley, Duke
Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis State
1993 Kentucky 93-92 Arizona Travis Ford, Kentucky
1994 Arizona State 97-90 Maryland Mario Bennett, Arizona State
1995 Villanova 77-75 North Carolina Kerry Kittles, Villanova
1996 Kansas 80-63 Virginia Raef LaFrentz, Kansas
1997 Duke 95-87 Arizona Steve Wojciechowski, Duke
1998 Syracuse 76-63 Indiana Jason Hart, Syracuse
1999 North Carolina 90-75 Purdue Joseph Forte, North Carolina
2000 Arizona 79-76 Illinois Michael Wright, Arizona
2001 Duke 83-71 Ball State Mike Dunleavy, Jr., Duke
2002 Indiana 70-63 Virginia Bracey Wright, Indiana
2003 Dayton 82-72 Hawaiʻi Keith Waleskowski, Dayton
2004 North Carolina 106-92 Iowa Raymond Felton, North Carolina
2005 Connecticut 65-63 Gonzaga Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
2006 UCLA 88-73 Georgia Tech Darren Collison, UCLA
2007 Duke 77-73 Marquette Kyle Singler, Duke
2008 North Carolina 102-87 Notre Dame Ty Lawson, North Carolina
2009 Gonzaga 61-59* Cincinnati Matt Bouldin and Steven Gray, Gonzaga
2010 Connecticut 84-67 Kentucky Kemba Walker, Connecticut

Yearly Brackets

  • 2006 Maui Invitational Tournament
  • 2007 Maui Invitational Tournament
  • 2008 Maui Invitational Tournament
  • 2009 Maui Invitational Tournament
  • 2010 Maui Invitational Tournament
  • 2011 Maui Invitational Tournament

Future tournament fields

2012[3]

See also

References

External links


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