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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, April 27, 2001


NIT champ Tulsa in BYUH tournament

Advertiser Staff

The fourth annual Yahoo! Sports Basketball Invitational hosted by Brigham Young University of Hawai'i is scheduled for Dec. 20-22 at the Cannon Activities Center in La'ie.

National Invitation Tournament winner Tulsa will participate in the eight-team tournament that will include St. Bonaventure, New Mexico State, Valparaiso, Navy, Montana, Columbia and host Brigham Young-Hawai'i. Pairings will be announced later.

Each team will participate in a special wreath-laying ceremony at the Arizona Memorial in honor of the ships present during the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, Dec. 7, 1941.

Last year's tournament was won by Iowa State, and four of the participating teams went on to the NCAA tournament.


SWIMMING

Masters from Taiwan: Thirty swimmers from the Taiwan Masters Swim Association plan to compete in the Humu International Master's Swimming Championships to be held at Kailua Bay and the Duke Kahanamoku Swimming Complex, July 5-8.

The international event will attract competitive swimmers, ages 19-95, from around the world.