Maui Jim Maui Invitational

Today’s tournament planner

November 23, 2016

Tennessee vs. Chaminade 9 a.m. • ESPNU What’s up? Tennessee gets what, on paper, is its easiest test of the tournament and will try to avoid being the first Division I team to finish eighth on Maui since Texas in 2012. Chaminade, which lost to Tennessee in the seventh-place game in 2001, has lost its last 13 Valley Isle games. Connecticut vs. Oregon 11:30 a.m. • ESPN2 What’s up? Both teams are off to slower starts than many experts predicted, and could use a second victory in this year’s tournament to get back on track. If Connecticut wins its first-ever meeting with ...

Tournament notebook

November 23, 2016

New roles for Lunas For the first time in the past 10 years, students from Lahainaluna High School are not working the floor at the Maui Invitational, athletic director Scott Soldwisch said. This year, tournament organizers switched to paid positions for sweeping and mopping. About ...

Tournament images

November 23, 2016

Oregon’s Chris Boucher misses a dunk during the Ducks’ overtime win over Tennessee in a Maui Jim Maui Invitational consolation game Tuesday at the Lahaina Civic Center. Second photo: Ryan Pollard, younger brother of Chaminade center Nate Pollard, heads to a win in a free-throw contest ...

Wisconsin to face North Carolina in Maui title game

November 22, 2016

Wisconsin beat Georgetown 73-57 and North Carolina defeated Oklahoma State 107-75 on Tuesday in the semifinals of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. The Tar Heels (6-0), No. 4 in The Associated Press poll, will be seeking their fourth Maui title Wednesday in their sixth trip to the final. The Badgers (4-1) have never played in a Maui title game. The Hoyas (2-3) will play for third place against the Cowboys (4-1). Oregon defeated Tennessee 69-65 in overtime in the first consolation game. The Ducks (3-2), ranked 13th in the nation by The ...