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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 standing up for nationwide champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wildfires obliged a relocate to Honolulu.The event, which will definitely be actually played Nov. 25-27, announced its invited universities and routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly take on Memphis on the opening day, observed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it among the greatest fields in case's past. UConn is actually creating its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight staffs created the NCAA males's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa Condition reached the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui led to 102 deaths in August as well as wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2015's event was actually played on the College of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to succeed the 2023 title.