For four decades, these sandy-beach getaways filled with basketball have become a beloved mainstay of the sport itself.

From the Maui Invitational to the new Players Era Festival, here is what you need to know to gorge on basketball for the next week-plus.

College basketball teams are traveling across the country and internationally for Thanksgiving week tournaments that could boost NCAA resumes.

The schedule is full of early season tournaments that could create buzzworthy marquee matchups. And many of those come in warm-weather locations.