The Maui Invitational Tournament is arguably the biggest in-season tournament in all of college basketball. This year it’s an eight team tournament that will fe

This will be the fifth time the Spartans have competed in the Hawaii showcase, and their first trip to Maui since 2019. MSU won it all in its first trip to the event in 1991, while Tom Izzo made his head coaching debut with the Spartans in 1995. The Buffaloes have only been in Maui once before, that coming in 2009 when they finished seventh.

Memphis basketball opens the Maui Invitational on Monday in Maui with a big test against No. 2 UConn in the eight-team tournament that includes four top-12 teams.