Indiana and Michigan head the field for the 1994 Maui Invitational.
The 11th edition of the tournament will be played Nov. 21-23 at the Lahaina Civic Center, it was announced Tuesday by Kemper Sports, the tournament organizer.Joining the Big Ten rivals are Maryland, Arizona State, Texas A&M, Utah, Tulane and Chaminade, the Division II host school from Honolulu.
The tournament had been held as a pre-Christmas event the last two years when NCAA legislation moved the season starting date to Dec. 1. That rule has been rescinded and the Maui Invitational goes back to the Thanksgiving week dates it had been played on for the first nine tournament.
"We had found we couldn't attract some of the high quality programs because the pre-Christmas dates conflicted with exam periods," tournament chairman Wayne Duke said. "We were lucky to have the great fields we did the last two years with the likes of Duke, Kentucky and Arizona because of the exam schedules. We now feel we'll be able to put together even stronger tournaments than before."