LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks are among the eight-team field to play at the 2021 ESPN Events Invitational, ESPN announced on Thursday. The tournament will be held November 25-28, 2021 at HP Field House at ESPN World of Sports near Orlando, Florida.
The eight-team field will include Kansas, Alabama, Belmont, Dayton, Drake, Iona, Miami (Fla.) and North Texas.
Formerly known as the Orlando Invitational in 2019-20, the tournament has a new name and logo for its 14
thyear. Maryland won the most recent invitational in 2019, while Kansas most recently won the tournament in 2014 after defeating No. 20 Michigan State, 61-56, in the tournament Championship.