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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn covers area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champion UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wildfires pushed a relocate to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be played Nov. 25-27, declared its invited institutions as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the position day, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it among the best fields in the unlikely event's record. UConn is creating its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight crews made the NCAA guys's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and Iowa State got to the Dessert 16. Fires in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August and ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2015's celebration was actually used the College of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to succeed the 2023 headline.