Buzzketball is Heading to Maui in 2019

By: VT_Fencer on March 27, 2018, 3:11 PM | 26 comments

The Virginia Tech Hokies will compete in the 2019 Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The tournament announced its 2019 field today, a collection of programs that boasts a combined 198 NCAA Tournament appearances, 44 Final Four berths and an incredible 16 national championships.

BYU, Dayton, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan State, UCLA and host Chaminade will join the Hokies for the 36th annual tournament, which will be contested November 25-27 at the historic Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui.

Read the full release from HokieSports:

http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/recaps/20180327aaa.html

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dzilla77's picture dzilla77
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| 8 years 3 months #

Love dig at LOLUVA at the end of the article. Although I am not sure if its biggest upset in college basketball history anymore (although one of the teams is still the same.)

HomebrewHokie08's picture HomebrewHokie08
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| 8 years 3 months #

This should help recruiting, nice trip to Hawaii in your future if you sign with Tech...

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

deathrow821's picture deathrow821 | 8 years 3 months #

Unbelievable. Buzz is a damn shaman, we're not worthy but I'll take it.

Rip his freaking head off!

Tyler Fanning's picture Tyler Fanning | 8 years 3 months #

What a tournament that will be, Kansas and Michigan State. Give us both of em back to back games we got this

Alum07's picture Alum07
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| 8 years 3 months #

here's to hoping we play Chaminade early, to prove to the commonwealth its possible to beat them

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

hokiesamsquanch's picture hokiesamsquanch | 8 years 3 months #

Don't sleep on Chaminade and home court advantage. They have never won the Maui invitational, but who knows, 2018 could be their year.

#icecoldtakes

VTBlackout's picture VTBlackout
| 8 years 3 months #

Chances Buzz wears an Orange and Maroon flower print shirt?

The Dude Abides

vtandy's picture vtandy | 8 years 3 months # ^

The amount of money I would pay for such a shirt is obnoxious.

HokieMacGruber26's picture HokieMacGruber26 | 8 years 3 months # ^

I'll borrow it from you!

bthekid's picture bthekid
| 8 years 3 months #

As a Big Island resident - this makes me very happy! Also, I used to live in Maui and played a ton of hoops on that court. So excited.

hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 8 years 3 months # ^

As a Lynchburg resident, it took me a minute to realize why a Big Island resident would be excited about a tournament appearance n Hawaii...

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Danny Coale Is My Spirit Animal's picture Danny Coale Is My Spirit Animal
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| 8 years 3 months #

I found TKP after two rails from TOTS then walking back to my apartment and re-watching the 2012 Sugar Bowl. I woke up the next day with this username.

VT_Fencer's picture VT_Fencer | 8 years 3 months #

My wife and I are in the preliminary stages of planning a whole trip around this tournament. Always wanted to do Hawai'i anyway.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

HokieAlum6144's picture HokieAlum6144
| 8 years 3 months # ^

I think my wife would kill me if I planned a big trip to Hawaii and we went to a basketball tournament.

VT_Fencer's picture VT_Fencer | 8 years 3 months # ^

Hawai'i is old hat for my wife. She's been there with her family before. If we do go I don't plan on being in the gym more than 2 hours at a time anyway.

That being said I have a great appreciation for the situation I find myself in.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

Kville Hokies's picture Kville Hokies
| 8 years 3 months #

I've always wanted to go to Hawaii. This is as good an excuse as any. Too bad all the sa,e reasons that I have never gone before are still keeping me from going now.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

FudBoster's picture FudBoster
| 8 years 3 months #

We are going to Hawaii, yay!

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

historyhokie's picture historyhokie
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| 8 years 3 months #

If anybody's on the fence about going, GO!

Lahaina (the town in Maui where the tournament is held) is one of my favorite places on Earth. Costco Travel generally has good packages for flights and hotels/resorts (wife and I stay at the Royal Lahaina and love it).

If you do one thing other than watch the Hokies, go to Haleakala Crater to watch the sun rise. If you do one more thing, go to Ululani's Hawaiian Shave Ice (and get the homemade mochi on top).

@historyhokie.bsky.social

novaengineer2015's picture novaengineer2015 | 8 years 3 months #

I just snagged a $365 round trip Delta flight to Hawaii out of DCA for this summer.

Deals come around every now and then.

vtfly's picture vtfly | 8 years 3 months # ^

Considering we can't find a flight from DCA to Kansas City this summer for under $300/each this irks the crap out of me.

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

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hoondawg's picture hoondawg | 8 years 3 months #

How many games is each team guaranteed?

VT_Fencer's picture VT_Fencer | 8 years 3 months # ^

Three

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

jpoole9999's picture jpoole9999 | 8 years 2 weeks #

Is there any update on the timeline on when HokieClub packages and tickets will be available

And of course anyone have an idea for how much to budget for this trip from Blacksburg p

vtandy's picture vtandy | 8 years 2 weeks # ^

A lot (this coming from a guy who's going to Maui for his honeymoon in October).

Flights alone will be at least 1000 a piece.

reesejenks520's picture reesejenks520 | 8 years 2 weeks #

Fuck

I'll be in Hawaii the first week of November.

I had completely forgotten about this when we booked our trip, otherwise I would have tried to get the wife to schedule a few weeks later. Lol