Jayhawks arrive in Hawaii

By Matt Tait     Nov 8, 2016
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Kansas guard Devonte Graham is all smiles as he exits the airport after the Jayhawks arrived in Honolulu for the Armed Forces Classic, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. The Jayhawks will play Indiana University at 8 p.m. Friday.

HONOLULU ? For the second November in a row, the Kansas men’s basketball team landed safely in Hawaii on Tuesday, right around 8 p.m. central time, three days ahead of its regular season opener with No. 11 Indiana in the Armed Forces Classic.

KU won the Maui Invitational last November.

Even though they went commercial, the Jayhawks traveled in style to Honolulu today and were split up onto three planes, two of which went through Atlanta and the third which went through Salt Lake City.

After arriving and grabbing their luggage, the Jayhawks hurried off to a Welcome Event at Pearl Harbor and will check into their hotel on Waikiki Beach around 7 p.m. local time.

Kansas will spend a good chunk of the day Wednesday touring Naval ships, doing community outreach work and visiting Pearl Harbor up close and personal a little less than a month before the 75th anniversary of the attack.

The rest of the time will be spent prepping for Friday’s showdown with Indiana.

Arizona and Michigan State will square off in the early game on Friday and all four teams arrived at the Honolulu airport on the island of Oahu at roughly the same time, making for a festive welcome-to-the-islands moment for all.

Check back with KUsports.com throughout the night and the week for all kinds of coverage of KU’s time in Hawaii.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.