This Could Be College Basketball's Best Maui Invitational Field Ever

The EA Sports Maui Invitational field this year could be the strongest it's ever had.  Five of the eight teams that enter the tournament are ranked in the preseason Top 25 with all of them in the Top 20.

Duke (sixth), Memphis (ninth), Kansas (13th), Michigan (18th) and UCLA (20th) all come in with hopes of becoming the Maui Invitational champions. 

Don't think the other three teams are slouches though.

Georgetown, Tennessee and hometown and host team Chaminade round out the field of eight.

The tournament kicks off on November 21st with four games, with 18th-ranked Michigan vs. ninth-ranked Memphis starting the tournament at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.  The game following is Tennessee vs. sixth-ranked Duke at 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.

The night games are 20th-ranked UCLA vs. Chaminade at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN U and the night-capper is Georgetown vs. 13th-ranked Kansas at midnight on ESPN 2.

The next day's matchups if they play to suit could be must-see games.

Ninth-ranked Memphis would take on sixth-ranked Duke at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and 20th-ranked UCLA would take on 13th-ranked Kansas right after the conclusion of the Duke/Memphis game.

The three-day tournament concludes on November 23rd with the championship game being played at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The reason why it's so special to play and compete in Maui is Maui participants have won 62 of the 73 NCAA championships.  They've also contributed 58 of the 73 runner-up spots and 239 of the 292 Final Four teams.

In order to play in the EA Sports Maui Invitational, your program must be on an upward swing.