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The third-ranked Arizona Wildcats answered their first big challenge of the season Tuesday, holding off Kansas State and advancing to the championship game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

The EA Sports Maui Invitational unveiled the 2016 tournament field Monday, which includes six teams with at least one NCAA title.

San Diego State head basketball coach Steve Fisher is hoping to make his fifth trip to Maui his most memorable.

Thanks to the EA Sports Maui Invitational Tournament, BYU and No. 16 ranked San Diego State will get a chance to rekindle their storied Mountain West basketball rivalry — if only for one night at the Lahaina Civic Center.

The 31st annual EA Sports Maui Invitational hosted by Chaminade begins Monday, Nov. 24, at the Lahaina Civic Center, where the nation’s No. 2-ranked Arizona Wildcats, Kansas State, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Purdue, No. 16 San Diego State and host Chaminade are each hoping to make an early-season statement on the Valley Isle.

All tickets for the 2014 EA Sports Maui Invitational will go on sale today via the tournament’s website, beginning at 9 a.m. (HST).

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim joked about missing the snow and 20-degree weather back home at Sunday’s Maui Invitational Tournament press conference.

Any questions about Baylor’s mental toughness were answered Tuesday when Cory Jefferson’s putback propelled the 18th-ranked Bears into tonight’s finals of the 30th annual EA Sports Maui Invitational Tournament.

Like a maestro composing a classical three-point masterpiece, Chaminade’s Christophe Varidel finished one point shy of shredding 30 years of college basketball wizardry in Monday’s opening round of the 2013 EA Sports Maui Invitational Tournament at the Lahaina Civic Center.

The championship round of the 30th annual EA Sports Maui Invitational will take place Nov. 25, 26 and 27 at the intimate 2,400-seat Lahaina Civic Center.

The EA Sports Maui Invitational today announced a partnership with “Fanatics,” the leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise, to sell tournament apparel in the new online store.

A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Friday at the Lahaina Civic Center where a new “DreamCourt” was installed for the upcoming basketball season.

The Lahaina Civic Center Gym will be closed for the entire month of October to facilitate refinishing of the court’s wood flooring, county officials announced.

Maui basketball fans were treated to the transformation of the Illinois basketball team this week at the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational.

Although Illinois basketball is only five games into the John Groce era, the early-season progress report is as bright as the sun shining on West Maui.

The giant-killers from St. Louis Heights on Oahu were at it again. This time Chaminade knocked off Texas, 86-73, before a prime-time televised audience opposite Monday Night Football at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Southern California will be looking for its first 3-0 start since 2000-2001 season when it opens with unbeaten Illinois (3-0) in Monday’s opening-round night cap of the 2012 EA SPORTS Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Maui’s Ilima Maiava evened his professional record to 2-2 Saturday by stopping Wesley Golden of Lakewood, Wash., in the second round via strikes.

This year’s Hawaii State Junior Golf Association College Workshop is March 24, from 9 a.m to noon at Lahaina Civic Center. The workshop is free and geared to students ages 10-18 interested in playing any college sport.

The EA SPORTS Maui Invitational hosted by Chaminade University today announced the field for its 2013 tournament to be played at the Lahaina Civic Center.