2011 Maui Invitational
I'm sure they'll schedule a cupcake or two to tune up, but the next time we get to see the Hoops team play is the 2011 Maui Invitational
Joining us in the 8-team field will be Duke, Kansas, UCLA, Georgetown, Tennessee, Memphis. Oh, and, host Chaminade. Wow. Michigan will surely have 2, if not 3, high end games to watch.
This event plays out in the three days before Thanksgiving. And, in between Michigan football home games against Nebraska and Ohio State
Talk about some killer games
I wonder who we'll play in the tourney. Draw is months away probably. We'll need to keep track which players leave early off those teams.
I'll take Michigan against any of those teams. Seriously. We played Kansas and Duke extremely closely and they lose a lot of senior all-american type players. Georgetown also loses a lot, we wrecked Tennessee and Harris might leave, UCLA's okay at best, and this isn't Calipari's Memphis. We could win it.
Depends if the Morris twins leave as far as Kansas goes.
I didn't know they were Juniors... Oh well, we'll still beat them.
Chaminade kind of scares me...
crafty silverswords
UCLA is bringing everyone back but Honeycutt, the Wear twins will also be off of their redshirt year and they've got two good wings coming in. They're going to be really dangerous. I love Michigan's potential, but I think the Bruins will have the edge.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:01 PM ^
Kansas doesnt lose much of anything Little, Reed, and Morningstar..Probably be preseason #1. As long as the twins stay for another year. Still think we can beat them. Your right about the other teams Duke loses a ton. Georgetown loses a bunch and is always over rated anyways cause they're in the Big East UCLA should be improved along with Memphis but we should be able to handle them.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:24 PM ^
It may not be Calipari's Memphis but that team returns just as much youth as Michigan, if not more, with another highly touted kid on the way. Will Barton could leave but watching him play I'd imagine he'll stick around until he's a lottery pick. I'll take the Maize and Blue in the game also but I don't think it'll be a game to overlook should they meet.
I'd love to get revenge against Duke in the Maui title game.
My poor heart.
Yea, I'm still in shock and awe.
MGoRoadTrip?
Kayak trip? Hell yeah.
Mgo Revenge Tour 2011
Well, I'm ready for the Hoke version this fall so...
I can't wait to see this team again.
I'm almost less bummed that they lost and more bummed that we won't get to see them until November.
has the schedule for the 2011-2012 season been set yet?
Basketball schedules usually aren't fully set until sometime in the summer. Michigan released its 2010-11 schedule on August 26, 2010.
One note on the Maui: It's being expanded to 12 teams for 2011, but only the seven teams mentioned in the OP are actually going to Hawaii. The four other "mainland" teams haven't been announced yet, but Michigan will hosting one of them at Crisler between Nov. 11 and Nov. 17. For details, see this page.
I was planning on taking a vacation after I get my masters this summer. I think I just decided my destination.
Damn. I'm gonna miss watching this team. Looks like a great tournament!
Looking for a repeat of the 1988-89 season: Michigan wins the 1988 Maui and goes on to shock the world in the '89 tourney.
a pre season tourny like this is a good opportunity for a mid major program to play good teams on a neutral site. they always complain that they can't play good competition unless they go to the big guys home gym. yet, you don't see them play in tournys like this very often to prove themselves.
so i say "cry me a river" mid majors when you don't get selected for the ncaa for not beating anyone.
These tournaments aren't exactly open to anyone who wants to enter. Why would ESPN let a mid-major in when they can fill the field with big TV draws?
They could get a marquee mid-major (like Butler, for example, or BYU, SDSU, Temple, George Mason), and that would probably generate more interest than a crappy or mediocre BCS team (like an Oregon State, texas tech, whatever).
1) There aren't any crappy/mediocre BCS teams in next year's field. They're all good to great teams (unless Tennessee collapses).
2) Marquee mid-majors that have already made a reputation for themselves don't need the preseason tournaments to get games. It's the VCUs and Richmonds of the world that do.
True. I still think you might see more attention from purists if teams like VCU or Richmond get in though.
If you are going to head to Maui for this event - I rent luxury condos on Maui - the Wailea Area, about a 30 minute drive from Lahania and where the games will be played. Check us out, www.waileaekahivillage.com.
Go Blue!
an MGoDiscount for a probably broke-off-his-ass new graduate?
Or a MGoDiscount for a certainly broke-off-his-ass college student?
March 20th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
Which is correct in this case - "a" or "an" - to precede "MGoDiscount"? I know the rule states that "a" always precedes a consonant; however, since we are pronouncing "M" as "em", wouldn't "an" be the correct usage?
March 20th, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
"an" is correct, my apologies.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:48 PM ^
It's just something that I always wondered while writing papers and such. I never knew the correct usage.
March 20th, 2011 at 11:02 PM ^
Okay. I'm more upset with myself than anything though. A self-styled "grammar Nazi" should use "an" correctly.
I will now attempt to finagle a work trip to Oahu/Maui (yes, seriously, this is an actual possibility) at this time.
How do the four mainland teams work?
Do they play each other to see who gets in as the 8th seed and go to Maui?
I can see Michigan being the 4th seed behind UCLA, Duke and Kansas.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:23 PM ^
The seven invited teams plus host Chaminade make up the eight teams that will compete in Maui. None of the four "mainland" teams will be going to Maui. Those teams will play games against the seven Maui-bound teams and against each other prior to the actual eight-team tournament in Maui. See this page for details.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:03 PM ^
I want another crack at them. We get them next year and they're so toast their devils are going back to being red.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:27 PM ^
terific post! i cant wait...hoke/mattison defense will be playing like dreads on fire by then and bball should be a top 3 team in the conference next year along with minn and osu. every other team loses multiple significant contributors. osu with craft, thomas and other top flights waiting in the wings will be a force to be reckoned with, but by november we could be poised for conference title runs in both hoops and turf
March 20th, 2011 at 10:33 PM ^
This is also a great time for Michigan to get those "big team" wins that everyone always *wants. * I was going to say needs but we didn't have any "big team" wins
March 21st, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
If Duke plays Chaminade, which team gets the "home cooking" from the refs?
March 21st, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
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SHOCK THE WORLD
I would upvote this a bajillion times if I could. I don't care if they don't count. This made me
(laugh uncontrollably)
March 21st, 2011 at 12:30 AM ^
We want Duke! We want Duke! We want Duke! We want Duke!
In all seriousiness, this is going to be top heavy field with 4 potential top 10 teams(Duke, Kansas, Michigan and UCLA) and 2 top 25 teams(Memphis and Georgetown). What a great field for Maui Invitational. Should provide a big boost for RPI and SOS rankings and also give Michigan a great chance of getting marquee wins.
We might also play one of the big boys in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Usually you play the same team for two years so there is a home-and-home. so wouldn't we be playing Clemson at home?
The Big Ten-ACC Challenge doesn't work this way. In the 2009 and 2010 challenges, the only teams to play each other both years were Ohio State and Florida State. Likewise, the 2009 challenge featured only one "rematch" from 2008--MSU vs. North Carolina.
North Carolina coming to town would make for a fun game.