2024 Maui Invitational Title Odds: UConn Leads the Pack

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00:002024 Maui Invitational returns to that island. It is going to

00:09be a ton of fun and the field feels fitting for it. It is a

00:15great, great eight team tournament that will face off in

00:20Maui over these next coming days. Yukon is the favorite as

00:24they are the national championship favorites and the

00:27two-time reigning title winners at plus 170. But Auburn,

00:32they've already got some more key victories this year like

00:34going into Houston despite their travel woes and knocking

00:39off the Cougs. North Carolina, Iowa State, Michigan State, a

00:43Memphis team that has been a little bit tumultuous but still

00:46can play some good ball and two tournament teams from a season

00:50ago in the Dayton Flyers and the Colorado Buffaloes. What an

00:55invitational it is going to be. Again, the significance of

00:59being back in Lahaina, that is a beautiful thing. The

01:02basketball that we will see should also be a remarkable and

01:06beautiful sight. It starts bright and early on this Monday

01:11in the Maui Invitational. 230 PM Eastern Time. The first game

01:16tips. That's like 930 AM local time. Maybe even 830 AM local

01:21time depending on daylight savings. 930 AM local time. I

01:25just did the math in my head for Yukon taking on Memphis.

01:30Eight and a half points spread in favor of Dan Hurley's

01:33Huskies. This will be the first, well, I'm not going to

01:37call Memphis a power conference team. They play in the American.

01:39Technically, they are not but not your run of the mill mid

01:43major that Yukon has seen this year. They have been dominant

01:47as they are in non-conference action. If you expect that

01:50non-conference dominance to continue for a Yukon team that

01:54is winning non-conference matchups by nearly 30 points per

01:57game, eight and a half might but not might not be enough and

02:01Dan Hurley will have the Huskies ready to play. 149 and a

02:05half being that total. Michigan State, eight and a half point

02:08favorite as well. Taking on Tad Boyle and the Buffs. 144 and a

02:12hook is that total. How about a top five tilt? Although Iowa

02:16State probably going to move back in the AP top 25 by the

02:20time they tip tonight at 9 PM Eastern between this between

02:23the Cyclones and the Tigers. Auburn, three and a half point

02:26favorite against ISU. 146 and a hook is that total. If the

02:31Cyclones stay in the game, I think you see some great

02:35defensive effort out of TJ Otzelberger and his Iowa State

02:39team. 146 and a hook is a number to pay attention to.

02:43North Carolina, seven and a half point favorite against the

02:46Dayton Flyers. 154 and a half is that total. Those are the

02:51four games that we have on this Monday in the Maui Invitational.