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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 champion UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after fatal wildfires pushed a relocate to Honolulu.The event, which will be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, announced its own welcomed universities and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to tackle Memphis on the position day, followed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it some of the greatest fields in the event's past history. UConn is creating its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs created the NCAA men's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui caused 102 deaths in August and wrecked the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2013's celebration was actually used the Educational institution of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 headline.