These guys are proof I've arrived in the 50th state.

Sorry for the cliche post name, but it’s been a long day.

After a long day of traveling that included layovers in Chicago and Honolulu, I’ve arrived in Maui in advance of tomorrow’s Maui Invitational where the Terp men’s basketball team will meet Chaminade. Assuming the Terps take care of business against the Division II Silverswords, they will play the winner of Vanderbilt/Cincinnati on Tuesday.

So far, Hawaii has been a mixed bag. Maui is the whale capital of the world, according to at least one promotional magazine I thumbed through. And I’m very anxious to check out the quaint 2,400-seat Lahaina Civic Center tomorrow. Also, everything from gasoline to Gatorade is about a dollar more expensive here than it is in the College Park area. For what it’s worth, I’ve also gathered that Mahola means thank you from spending several hours in Honolulu’s airport.

Since the Terps shipped out for this island paradise on Saturday, they’ve come up short in an X-Box competition that was won by Vanderbilt and held a press conference earlier today. If I can gather anything interesting out of either of those events, I’ll toss up some updates.

Check back tomorrow for some other relevant posts before the Terps take on the tournament hosts.

But right now, setting my biological clock for journalistic success is more important than getting to them tonight.

Eric Detweiler is The Diamondback’s Terrapin Men’s Basketball Team beat writer. He can be reached at edetweilerdbk@gmail.com. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/edetweiler.

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