Maui Invitational will be played in Asheville

The tournament's date and location was changed due to the coronavirus pandemic

September 18, 2020 North State Journal Staff Article
Duke and Gonzaga play at the Maui Invitational in 2018. This year's event will be played in Asheville due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Marco Garcia / AP Photo)

Get your Hawaiian shirts ready, because the Maui Invitational is coming to North Carolina.

The annual Thanksgiving week college basketball tournament will be played a week later in Asheville this year at Harrah’s Cherokee Center. ESPN reported that the tournament — which will include two North Carolina schools, UNC and Davidson — will take place Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The other schools are Alabama, Indiana, Providence, Stanford, Texas and UNLV.

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The tournament is normally held the three days before Thanksgiving in Hawaii, but the coronavirus pandemic forced both the relocation and change in date — the college basketball season is not scheduled to start until Nov. 25.

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