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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn tops field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champion UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wildfires forced a transfer to Honolulu.The tournament, which will certainly be played Nov. 25-27, introduced its own welcomed universities as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly handle Memphis on the opening day, followed through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it some of the best fields in the event's past. UConn is making its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs brought in the NCAA guys's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and also Iowa Condition reached the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui led to 102 deaths in August as well as devastated the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2013's celebration was used the College of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to win the 2023 headline.