The bracket is set for a loaded 2022 Maui Invitational, the first time the tournament returns to the island since 2019 after two years of disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s eight-team event features some of the sport’s biggest brands and five teams ranked in the top 20 of Sports Illustrated’s most recent top 25. The whole field includes Arizona (No. 17 in SI’s rankings), Arkansas (No. 5), Cincinnati, Creighton (No. 10), Louisville, Ohio State, San Diego State (No. 14) and Texas Tech (No. 15).
“I don’t know that we’ve ever had the kind of balance that that we’ve got in this year’s tournament,” tournament chairman Dave Odom says. “It is the most balanced eight teams that I’ve seen since I’ve been doing this.”
