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Maui Invitational comes back to isle after fires UConn tops area

.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for nationwide champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wildfires compelled a relocate to Honolulu.The tournament, which will be played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed institutions as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to handle Memphis on the opening time, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it some of the greatest industries in the unlikely event's past history. UConn is creating its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams brought in the NCAA males's basketball competition in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui brought about 102 fatalities in August as well as ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. Last year's event was actually used the Educational institution of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 headline.