Maui Invitational

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Maui Invitational
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Sponsor(s)Allstate
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The Maui Invitational, currently sponsored as the Allstate Maui Invitational, is an annual early-season

Thanksgiving week, normally in Lahaina, Hawaii, at the Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui. It is hosted by Chaminade University of Honolulu, an NCAA Division II school. Seven NCAA Division I men's basketball teams are invited to Maui to complete the field. The Maui Invitational has been played since 1984 and is carried by ESPN. Camping World became the title sponsor for the 2020 Tournament only. Maui Jim became the title sponsor of the tournament in 2015 and returned as title sponsor in 2021 and 2022; the previous fourteen tournaments were sponsored by EA Sports.[1] The Maui Invitational and Allstate announced a new title partnership starting for the 2023 tournament, which was held in Oʻahu because of the Maui wildfires.[2]

History

The tournament had its roots in a

University of Virginia made a scheduled trip to Honolulu for a game. Originally seeking to play the University of Hawaii, Virginia agreed to play Chaminade, which at the time belonged to the NAIA, on the trip instead. In a game that was not televised and only covered by one sportswriter from outside the local media (Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post, who was in Honolulu to cover the University of Maryland's performance in the inaugural Aloha Bowl), Chaminade defeated the Ralph Sampson-led Virginia squad 77–72 in front of 3,300 spectators at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center.[3] Shortly after the upset, Virginia head coach Terry Holland congratulated Chaminade's athletic director, Mike Vasconcellos, and suggested to him that he consider beginning a Hawaii tournament. Two years later, the Maui Classic was inaugurated with Chaminade reaching the final and losing to Providence.[4]

Today the tournament provides schools an opportunity to compete on a neutral court with some of the top basketball programs in the country.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship later that season: Michigan in 1988, North Carolina three times—in 2004, 2008, and 2016, and UConn in 2010. In addition, Kansas, which won the 2019 tournament, was effectively named (but has yet to make a claim) mythical national champions
that season (no postseason was played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the Jayhawks finished first in the major polls, the traditional college football claim).

Of the eight teams which play in the tournament, generally there is one from each of the six major conferences (the

2011 tournament, the field includes four additional mainland teams that 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.[6]

Beginning in 2018 and continuing with every even-numbered year, Chaminade will play games on the mainland, and eight Division I schools will compete in the championship bracket on Maui. In odd-numbered years, Chaminade will compete in the championship bracket.[7]

Due to COVID-19 issues, the 2020 and 2021 tournaments were both moved to the US mainland. The 2020 event was held at Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina, while the 2021 event was held at Michelob Ultra Arena on the Las Vegas Strip.[8]

Due to the city nearly being destroyed by a fire, it was announced on September 15, 2023 that the tournament games would be relocated to the island of O'ahu and be played at the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of the University of Hawai‘i from Nov. 20 to 22.[9]

Effect on 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—attend. The

2007 Maui Invitational Tournament ranked among Hawaii's top revenue-generating events, bolstering the local economy by more than $8 million according to financial data released by the Maui Visitors Bureau. The tournament has brought more than $110 million to Maui's economy since the tournament's debut in 1984 (through 2005).[10]

Yearly 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 91–80 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
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
Hawaii
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
2011
Duke 68–61 Kansas Ryan Kelly, Duke
2012
Illinois
78–61
Butler
Brandon Paul, Illinois
2013
Syracuse 74–67 Baylor C. J. Fair, Syracuse
2014
Arizona 61–59 San Diego St Stanley Johnson, Arizona
2015
Kansas 70–63 Vanderbilt Wayne Selden Jr. and Frank Mason III, Kansas
2016
North Carolina 71–56 Wisconsin Joel Berry II, North Carolina
2017
Notre Dame 67–66 Wichita State Matt Farrell, Notre Dame
2018
Gonzaga 89-87 Duke Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
2019
Kansas 90–84* Dayton Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson, Kansas
2020
Texas 69–67 North Carolina Matt Coleman III, Texas
2021
Wisconsin 61–55 Saint Mary's Johnny Davis, Wisconsin
2022
Arizona 81–79 Creighton Oumar Ballo, Arizona
2023
Purdue 78–75 Marquette Zach Edey, Purdue

* Indicates game won in overtime

Multiple appearances and championships

Source:[11]

Team Appearances Championships Years Tournament Record
Chaminade 37 1984–2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 8–97 (.076)
Arizona 8 3 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2022 18–8 (.692)
Kansas 8 3 1987, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 20–7 (.741)
North Carolina 8 4 1989, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 22–4 (.846)
Indiana 7 1 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2015, 2020 13–9 (.591)
UCLA 7 1 1995, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 12–11 (.522)
Duke 6 5 1992, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2018 18–1 (.947)
Gonzaga 6 2 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2023 14–5 (.737)
Michigan 6 2 1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2011, 2017 14–5 (.737)
Arizona State 5 1 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2007 8–7 (.533)
Illinois 5 1 1987, 2000, 2007, 2012, 2018 11–7 (.611)
Kentucky 5 1 1993, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2010 10–5 (.667)
Michigan State 5 1 1991, 1995, 2005, 2010, 2019 11–5 (.688)
Memphis 5 1988, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2011 8–8 (.500)
San Diego State 5 1989, 2003, 2014, 2018, 2022 9–8 (.529)
Texas 5 1 1993, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020 10–6 (.625)
Vanderbilt 5 1 1986, 1988, 1995, 2009, 2015 11–5 (.688)
Arkansas 4 1991, 2005, 2013, 2022 7–6 (.538)
BYU 4 1992, 2004, 2014, 2019 8–6 (.571)
UConn 4 2 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016 9–3 (.750)
Dayton 4 1 2000, 2003, 2013, 2019 10–3 (.769)
DePaul 4 1988, 1992, 1997, 2006 4–8 (.333)
Louisville 4 1989, 2000, 2004, 2022 5–7 (.417)
LSU 4 1992, 1996, 2007, 2017 4–8 (.333)
Marquette 4 2007, 2012, 2017, 2023 10–3 (.769)
Maryland 4 1994, 2000, 2005, 2009 6–6 (.500)
Missouri 4 1 1986, 1989, 1997, 2014 7–6 (.538)
Notre Dame 4 1 1993, 2008, 2017, 2021 8–5 (.615)
Ohio State 4 1988, 1993, 2003, 2022 8–4 (.667)
Oklahoma 4 1988, 1992, 2006, 2010 5–7 (.417)
Purdue 4 1 1999, 2006, 2014, 2023 12–3 (.800)
Stanford 4 1987, 1992, 2004, 2020 4–8 (.333)
Syracuse 4 3 1990, 1998, 2013, 2023 10–2 (.833)
Tennessee 4 2004, 2011, 2016, 2023 5–8 (.385)
UNLV 4 1988, 2000, 2015, 2020 6–7 (.462)
Virginia 4 1984, 1996, 2002, 2010 6–5 (.545)
Wisconsin 4 1 1995, 2009, 2016, 2021 9–5 (.643)
California 3 1996, 2013, 2017 5–6 (.455)
Georgetown 3 1999, 2011, 2016 5-5 (.500)
Iowa 3 1 1987, 1996, 2004 6–3 (.667)
Kansas State 3 1985, 1998, 2014 4–5 (.444)
Oregon 3 2008, 2016, 2021 5–5 (.500)
Providence 3 1 1984, 1991, 2020 4–4 (.500)
Santa Clara 3 1990, 1995, 2003 5–4 (.556)
Utah 3 1994, 1998, 2002 4–5 (.444)
Villanova 3 1 1989, 1995, 2003 5–4 (.556)
Alabama 2 2008, 2020 4–2 (.667)
Arkansas State 2 1986, 2016 4–2 (.667)
Baylor 2 1987, 2013 4–3 (.571)
Boston College 2 1993, 1997 3–3 (.500)
Butler 2 2012, 2021 3–3 (.500)
Cincinnati 2 2009, 2022 3–3 (.500)
Davidson 2 1984, 2020 1–4 (.200)
Houston 2 2001, 2022 3–3 (.500)
Iowa State 2 1990, 2018 3–3 (.500)
Oklahoma State
2 2007, 2016 3–3 (.500)
Texas A&M 2 1994, 2021 3–3 (.500)
VCU 2 1986, 2017 2–4 (.333)
Virginia Tech 2 1985, 2019 2–3 (.400)
Wichita State 2 2010, 2017 4–2 (.667)
Xavier 1 2018 1–2 (.333)

Future tournament fields

2024

[12]

References

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  2. ^ "Maui Invitational Partners with Allstate for 2023 Tournament".
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  5. ^ "EA SPORTS Maui Invitational". Kemper Sports. Retrieved 26 Nov 2012.
  6. ^ "Men's basketball to participate in Maui Invitational; Blue Raiders will host inaugural Maui Regional Games". BRAA and Middle Tennessee Athletic Communications. August 4, 2011. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  7. ^ "2018 TOURNAMENT FEATURES STRONGEST FIELD IN HISTORY". Maui Invitational. October 26, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
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