The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Basketball to play in 2020 Maui Jim Maui Invitational
04.04.2019 | Men's Basketball
The Longhorns will make their fifth appearance in the prestigious tourney in November 2020.
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MAUI, Hawaii — The University of Texas Men's Basketball team has been selected to participate in the 2020 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, the tournament announced Thursday. The Longhorns will be joined in the field by Alabama, Davidson, Indiana, North Carolina, Providence, Stanford and UNLV.
The eight teams will convene in Maui for the 37th annual Tournament, which will be contested November 23-25 at the Lahaina Civic Center. Matchups and television information will be announced at a later date.
This will mark UT's fifth appearance in the Maui Invitational. The Longhorns hold a 7-5 all-time record in the tourney, including third-place finishes in both 2004 and 2008. Texas also previously participated in the event in 1993 and 2012.
"Each year, the Maui Jim Maui Invitational prides itself on bringing the best college basketball talent to the island of Maui," said Tournament Chairman Dave Odom. "2020 is no different, with the Lahaina Civic Center hosting some of the game's most historic programs of all time."
The Maui Jim Maui Invitational is excited to announce a new element of the 2020 event. The Tournament has a longstanding tradition of presenting each team with its very own hand-made, customized surfboard, and will now be hosting a contest that sources the surfboard designs directly from the students of the participating schools. Contest winners will be announced in the fall and honored at the school's surfboard presentations in 2020.
All-Tournament travel packages and school Booster travel packages for the 2020 Maui Jim Maui Invitational will be available at a later date.
