Maui Invitational: Iowa State men’s baskeball draws Arizona Wildcats in first round

Maui Invitational Bracket

Sam Stuve

With 62 days until the men’s college basketball season begins and with most early-season college basketball tournaments releasing their brackets, it was only a matter of time before the 2018 Maui Invitational bracket would be released.

Tuesday morning, the bracket for the 2018 Maui Invitational was revealed.

Iowa State will be in the Maui Invitational for the second time in school history, with the first time being in 1990. In the first round, the Cyclones will face the Arizona Wildcats. The Wildcats have won back-to-back Pac-12 regular season and tournament championships.

Depending on the result of their first game, the Cyclones will face either the Gonzaga Bulldogs or the Illinois Fighting Illini.

The 2018 Maui Invitational will take place at the Lahaina Civic Center on the Hawaiian island of Maui from November 19 to November 21.