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Maui Invitational comes back to island after fires UConn covers field

.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champion UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after deadly wild fires forced a move to Honolulu.The tournament, which are going to be played Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited schools and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely handle Memphis on the position time, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it among the toughest fields in case's background. UConn is actually making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams made the NCAA men's basketball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition arrived at the Sugary food 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 deaths in August and also devastated the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2013's occasion was used the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 label.