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From Maui to the Caribbean, college hoops’ Thanksgiving tournaments beloved part of sport

(AP) — Lea Miller-Tooley hopped off a call to welcome the Baylor women’s basketball team to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, where 80-degree temperatures made it easy for the Bears to settle in on Paradise Island a week before Thanksgiving.

About 5,000 miles west of the Caribbean nation, similar climes awaited Maui Invitational men’s teams in Hawaii. They’ve often been greeted with a lei, the tr…

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