Maui Invitational

When Carri and I first talked about coming back to Maui it was because she could use three vacation days and we could be here for 8 days due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Our second reason was because Oklahoma State was in this years EA Sports Maui Invitational basketball tournament. After some slight deliberation we decided to go to the arena and see if we could get tickets to OSU's game against LSU. We found a guy selling tickets for $10 below face and we were in.

The game was held at the Lahaina Civic Center and this venue is very tiny. Basically bleachers on the sides and a few at each end and that is it. We sat at mid-court and were about 10 rows up from the floor with only 2 rows behind us. So this is essentially a small high school gym. This makes for a great place to see your team up close and personal.

Oklahoma State had a huge halftime lead and was able to hold off a barrage of three pointers by LSU to come away with a 6 point win.

Apparently Texas is the Big XII representative next year for this tourney and I highly recommend using the excuse of coming over to see the Horns for a Maui Thanksgiving getaway in 2008.