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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn tops area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wild fires obliged a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which will be actually played Nov. 25-27, announced its welcomed schools and routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly tackle Memphis on the opening day, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it some of the strongest industries in the unlikely event's record. UConn is actually making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 crews brought in the NCAA men's basketball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition arrived at the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui caused 102 fatalities in August as well as ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2013's activity was played on the College of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 headline.