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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn tops industry

.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wildfires compelled a relocate to Honolulu.The tournament, which will be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its welcomed colleges as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely handle Memphis on the opening time, observed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the greatest fields in the unlikely event's background. UConn is actually making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 crews brought in the NCAA guys's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition hit the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 deaths in August and devastated the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2015's celebration was played on the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 headline.