Notre Dame is the only returning program to have earned a Maui Jim Maui Invitational championship title, having done so in their most recent appearance in 2017. Seven out of the eight teams in the 2021 field will be making a return appearance in Maui Saint Mary's will be making their first-ever appearance. Oregon, Saint Mary's, and Wisconsin all rank in the top 20 winningest teams of the last decade. Houston, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin rank in the top 50 programs with the most NCAA Tournament appearances, with 21, 36, and 24, respectively. Two of the 2021 participants are ranked in the top 35 all-time winningest schools, including Notre Dame and Oregon. In this year's field, four of the eight participating teams finished the 2019-20 season in the AP Top 25 rankings (Oregon, Wisconsin, Houston, Butler). Seven schools have gone on to win the national championship after competing in Maui earlier in the season.
The teams that have participated in the Tournament throughout the event's history own 69 of the 81 NCAA championships. The Maui Jim Maui Invitational has become synonymous with buzzer beater finishes and epic upsets, setting the tone for the trajectory of these top programs and the season as a whole.
"Not only will this year's field provide the quality play that this Tournament is synonymous with, but there's even more 'Maui Magic' in the air as we prepare to bring the tournament back to paradise after a year away." "When we announced this year's field, I felt that this could be one of our most balanced and exciting Maui Jim Maui Invitational Tournaments yet," said Tournament Chairman, David Odom. All 12 Championship Round games of the Maui Invitational will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU, and also available on the ESPN App. Mary's will go head-to-head against Notre Dame. In the bottom half of the bracket, Oregon will face Chaminade and St. Monday's matchups will feature Wisconsin squaring off against Texas A&M, with Houston taking on Butler in the top half of the bracket. The Maui Jim Maui Invitational today revealed the official 2021 Tournament bracket, pitting top college basketball teams against each other in what is sure to be a memorable few days at the Lahaina Civic Center this Nov.
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