{"id":183554,"date":"2023-09-15T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T00:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=183554"},"modified":"2023-11-19T22:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T08:31:37","slug":"uh-to-host-maui-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/15\/uh-to-host-maui-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa to host popular Maui Invitational, 5 Top-10 teams"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa is stepping up to host the popular Maui Invitational on its campus this year as the tournament\u2019s normal home venue, the Lahaina Civic Center, is serving as a hub for wildfire recovery efforts. The 2023 Tournament will take place at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center November 20–22. Planning is underway to provide off-campus parking for basketball fans and to ensure minimum impact to students, faculty and staff during the three-day tournament.<\/p>\n

All eight teams from the original field are participating, including five that are in the top 10 of ESPN<\/abbr>\u2019s early preseason poll: Kansas (No.<\/abbr> 1), Purdue (No.<\/abbr> 3), Gonzaga (No.<\/abbr> 7), Tennessee (No.<\/abbr> 8) and Marquette (No.<\/abbr> 10).<\/p>\n

Parking information: UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa hosting multiple events Thanksgiving Week<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“While we have to move this year\u2019s tournament off of Maui, we are determined to celebrate and honor the culture and traditions that make this event so special,” said Tom Valdiserri, executive vice president of KemperSports LIVE, the operator of the Maui Invitational. “Throughout this process, we\u2019ve seen the spirit of ʻohana<\/span> in action. Thank you to Gov. Josh Green, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Tourism Authority, and Mayor Richard Bissen as well as the staff at Chaminade University of Honolulu and UH<\/abbr> at Mānoa for working tirelessly with us to keep this year\u2019s tournament in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.” <\/p>\n

More on how to help Maui ʻohana<\/span><\/a> and the Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“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 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” said Maui Mayor Richard Bissen. “We appreciate everything the Maui Invitational is doing to help Maui and its residents.” <\/p>\n

The Maui Invitational has long been considered the preeminent early season college basketball tournament. Combined, the eight teams in this year\u2019s field\u2014Tennessee, Syracuse, Purdue, Gonzaga, Kansas, Chaminade, UCLA<\/abbr> and Marquette\u2014boast 263 NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament appearances and 17 NCAA<\/abbr> championship titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa will host the Maui Invitational as the island recovers from the deadly wildfires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1597,9,550],"class_list":["post-183554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183554"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187349,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183554\/revisions\/187349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}