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Maui Invitational comes back to isle after fires UConn tops field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wildfires forced a transfer to Honolulu.The tournament, which will be played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited schools and timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the position time, observed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it among the greatest areas in case's past. UConn is actually making its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight groups brought in the NCAA guys's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and also Iowa Condition arrived at the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui brought about 102 fatalities in August and also wrecked the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. Last year's celebration was played on the University of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 title.