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Maui Invitational goes back to island after fires UConn tops field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for national champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after catastrophic wildfires pushed a relocate to Honolulu.The competition, which are going to be actually played Nov. 25-27, declared its welcomed colleges and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly take on Memphis on the position day, followed by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it one of the strongest fields in case's background. UConn is making its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight crews made the NCAA males's basketball competition in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa Condition got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui caused 102 deaths in August as well as ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2014's celebration was actually used the Educational institution of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 headline.