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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn tops industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champion UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wildfires forced a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will definitely be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited colleges and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly tackle Memphis on the position time, observed by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it among the best areas in the unlikely event's record. UConn is creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams made the NCAA guys's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina and also Iowa Condition got to the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui caused 102 deaths in August and also ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2015's event was actually used the College of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 label.