Aloha from Sunny and Richard – for those of you who are basketball nuts and who love Maui, you no doubt know that the College Teams have arrived on the Valley Isle!

This year, Michigan, Memphis, Tennessee, Duke, UCLA, Chaminade, Georgetown and Kansas teams are represented and the games will be played Monday through Wednesday this week. There are a lot of tall people around the Island!

Monday's results, the Quarterfinals, showed:  Michigan over Memphis 73/61;  Duke over Tennessee 77/67;  UCLA over Chaminade 92/60 (wow);  and Kansas over Georgetown 67/63. 

The Tournament is held at West Maui’s Lahaina Civic Center, which is a great location near 3 hot spots of activity in West Maui; Lahaina Town, Kaanapali Resort and Kapalua Resort – all within 15 minutes of the basketball action.

ESPN will be broadcasting the games all during the tournament so stay tuned for results, and also glimpses of our beautiful Maui. The weather today along the ocean is low 80’s during the day and about 70 at night – perfect weather pretty typical this time of year.   Oh - and YES - our humpback whales are making their return from Alaska!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families, and we hope to see you on Maui over the winter.