UNC basketball plays Dayton in the Tar Heels' opening game of the Maui Invitational. Will the Tar Heels take down the Flyers? Here's our pick.

UNC will return to the Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center in Hawai'i this week, seeking its fifth title in the event.

"It sort of reminds me a little bit about the road to the Final Four in 2019," Bruce Pearl said of the Maui Invitational's stacked field of teams.

The Dayton Flyers will make its fifth appearance in the Maui Invitational next week. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] WHIO Radio’s Larry Hansgen is with the team in Maui as people are still picking up the pieces after the Lahaina Wildfires.

The Tigers will take on the Huskies, the two-time defending NCAA champion, in the first game of college basketball’s annual Thanksgiving Week tournament.

Yes, UConn won the national title that first season, but reached the NCAA Tournament just one more time (winning just ... and the final time in any capacity, until Monday in Maui. Dave Borges is a sports reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

In Auburn’s first Maui Invitational they fell in the semifinal round. This year, the mindset has changed with the goal of leaving as the best team in the country.

Iowa State men's basketball begins the Maui Invitational with a highly-anticipated game with Auburn, in a showdown of top 5-ranked teams.