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Maui Invitational comes back to island after fires UConn covers area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after catastrophic wild fires required a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited institutions as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely take on Memphis on the opening time, followed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it among the best areas in case's past. UConn is actually creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs brought in the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August and also ravaged the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2014's occasion was used the College of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 headline.