What to watch in Memphis’ Maui Invitational opener against UConn
University of Memphis Coach Penny Hardaway breaks down a play on the sidelines of a Nov. 15 game against Ohio University. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
LAHAINA, Hawaii — There will be a lot up for grabs for the Memphis Tigers when they walk into Lahaina Civic Center to open the 2024 Maui Invitational.
The Tigers (4-0) will take on No. 2 UConn, the two-time defending NCAA champion, Monday (1:30 p.m. CST, ESPN2) in the first game of college basketball’s premier Thanksgiving Week tournament.
The annual tournament returns to Lahaina Civic Center — and to the island of Maui — after being played last year in Honolulu because in early August 2023 wind-driven wildfires ravaged Maui and killed more than 100 people in the historic district of Lahaina.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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