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Maui Invitational goes back to island after fires UConn tops industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for national champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wild fires obliged a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its own welcomed schools and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely take on Memphis on the opening day, complied with through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it one of the strongest fields in the event's past. UConn is actually creating its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups created the NCAA men's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State arrived at the Sugary food 16. Fires up in Maui brought about 102 fatalities in August and also ruined the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2014's event was actually used the College of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 label.