Maui Invitational: Oregon Ducks Face Georgetown in Opening Round

The Oregon Ducks will face Georgetown in their opening game of the Maui Invitational in November.

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The Maui Invitational takes place from November 21st-23rd and has crowed some of the biggest early season NCAA Tournament Contenders as Champions, including the Duke Blue Devlls eight times. This year, Oregon joins the ranks of teams who will be looking to get to March including Wisconsin, Tennessee, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, UConn, Chiminade and their first game matchup, Georgetown.

"Georgetown prides itself on being a physical basketball team. A few years ago we did a good job of keeping the floor spread. We scored some points, but we also had a hard time stopping them.Oregon Head Coach Dana Altman on Facing Georgetown(via GoDucks.com)"

The Oregon Ducks face Georgetown in the second game of the day on November 21st at 1:30pm Pacific Time on ESPN2. Oregon is considered one of the top teams in the country to get back to the NCAA Tournament. Dana Altman will see four of the five leading scorers from last season return including Tyler Dorsey and Dillon Brooks. Dylan Ennis also returns after being granted a sixth year of eligibility earlier this month which will improve the Ducks Bench.

The Tournament should provide as a good tuneup for the season and an always challenging Pac-12 slate for the Oregon Ducks. The second round matchup for Oregon will be the loser of the first game against either Tennessee or Wisconsin.The Championship game is slated for November 23rd at 6:30pm Pacific Time.