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The Maui Invitational is pretty great. I think the gym has a lot to do with it. Instead of Random Sterile Corporate Arena X or a strangely converted hotel ballroom space, the Lahaina Civic Center looks and sounds like a high school basketball gym, at...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- When Illinois hired John Groce as head coach, there was skepticism. When the Illini won 12 in a row to start the season, beating Butler to win the Maui Invitational and taking a road game at Gonzaga, there was disbelief. Read...

Just as he did at Ohio, John Groce has Illinois playing well at the right time.

Dec. 23, 1982: In November, a small Hawaii-based school named Chaminade -- which plays in Division II -- beat the Texas Longhorns 86-73 at the Maui Invitational. It happened not quite 30 years after the Silverswords pulled off one of the most shoc...

Illinois 63, Gardner-Webb 62

Andy Katz explains how Illinois guard Brandon Paul's performance at Maui Invitational earned him Player of the Week honors....

Coppin St. 98, Cheyney 78

The Maui Invitational is an in-season college basketball tournament, one of the most prestigious early tournaments in the sport. The tournament has been held in Lahaina, Maui, each year since 1984....

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- For the first two games of the EA Sports Maui Invitational, the Butler Bulldogs looked like giant-killers, circa 2010 and 2011. A buzzer-beater versus Marquette followed by a thumping of North Carolina in the semifinals set them...

Brandon Paul scored 20 points to lead Illinois to the Maui Invitational title on Wednesday night, beating Butler in a 78-61 blowout that marked its third straight double-digit win.

James Michael McAdoo scored 18 points to lead five North Carolina players in double figures and the ninth-ranked Tar Heels routed Division II Chaminade 112-70 on Wednesday night in the Maui Invitational.

Marquette 72, Southern Cal 64

Texas 69, Mississippi St. 55

In just its sixth year of existence, the Legends Classic isn't exactly legendary or classic, and as early-season tournaments go, it certainly isn't as renowned as the Maui Invitational. But this year's Legends Classic was played in Brooklyn's new Bar...

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are some observations from the second day of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. After dominating Mississippi State on Monday, the North Carolina Tar Heels got a rude wake-up call versus Butler on Tuesday. On Monday evening I...

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Rotnei Clarke's improbable 3-point heave at the buzzer against Marquette on Monday launched Butler into a second-round matchup against the No. 9 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Even more impro...