MAUI, Hawaii — The University of Louisville men's basketball team will play in the 2022 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Louisville Athletics announced in a release on Thursday.
What You Need To Know
- Louisville men's basketball team to play in the 2022 Maui Jim Maui Invitational
- The Cards are one of eight teams invited
- This will mark UofL's fourth appearance in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and its first in 18 years
- Louisville last participated in 2004
The Cards are one of eight teams invited. Louisville will join Arkansas, Arizona, Cincinnati, Creighton, Ohio State, San Diego State, and Texas Tech for the 39th annual event on Nov. 21-23, 2022 at the historic Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui.
This will mark UofL's fourth appearance in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and its first in 18 years. Louisville last participated in 2004 and lost to Iowa before beating host Chaminade and Stanford. Before then, the Cards competed in 1989 and 2000.
Teams that have participated in the invitational throughout the event's history own 69 of the 81 NCAA championships, and seven of those schools have gone on to win the national championship after competing in Maui earlier in the season.
“The Maui Jim Maui Invitational strives to bring the best college basketball teams and talent to the island of Maui and set the precedent for the rest of the season,” said Tournament Chairman Dave Odom. “The 2022 field is no exception, and we could not be more excited to return to our home yet again at the Lahaina Civic Center and show these teams the magic of Maui.”
The collection of programs features a combined 237 NCAA Tournament appearances, 36 Final Four berths, eight NCAA Tournament Championship Titles, and one AP Coach of the Year winner. Four of the 2022 participants are ranked in the top 35 all-time winningest schools, including Louisville, Cincinnati, Ohio State, and Arkansas, and two schools advanced to the second weekend of the 2021 NCAA Tournament with Creighton making it to the Sweet Sixteen and Arkansas continuing to the Elite Eight.
Officials said travel packages for the 2022 Maui Jim Maui Invitational will be available at a later date.
Head coach Chris Mack, who's in his third season at the helm, has an overall winning percentage of .687, ranking him 18th in the nation among active coaches. Louisville is tied for seventh overall in all-time NCAA Tournament appearances with 39 berths.