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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn covers field

.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for national champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after deadly wild fires forced a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed institutions and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely take on Memphis on the opening day, followed by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it one of the strongest fields in the unlikely event's past history. UConn is actually creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight staffs made the NCAA men's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and Iowa State arrived at the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 fatalities in August and wrecked the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2015's occasion was played on the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 label.