BATON ROUGE – As LSU returns home from the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Thanksgiving evening, the site of next year’s Thanksgiving playing site was announced by ESPN.
The field for the 2018 AdvoCare Invitational – to be held Thursday, Nov. 22 through Sunday, Nov. 25, at HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports near Orlando, Fla. – will include Charleston, Florida State, LSU, Memphis, Oklahoma State, UAB and Villanova. The eighth team will be announced at a later date.
The family-friendly tournament is a weekend-long affair at the Walt Disney World Resort, where participating teams practice, play and enjoy the Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks.