The Maui Invitational has long been one of the best early-season college basketball tournaments.
The year's field might be its best yet.
No. 3 Gonzaga (3-0), which faces Illinois (1-1) in Monday's first round, is one of three Top 10 teams -- No. 1 Duke and No. 8 Auburn are the other two -- playing this week in Lahaina, Hawaii.
A potential semifinal matchup with Arizona, Gonzaga's longtime rival for the unofficial title of Best in the West, also looms.
But the Zags swear they're focusing on the Fighting Illini.
"We don't want to look too far ahead," Bulldogs sophomore wing Zach Norvell Jr.