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Maui Invitational comes back to isle after fires UConn covers area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for nationwide champ UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wildfires pushed a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be participated in Nov. 25-27, announced its own invited schools as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to handle Memphis on the position time, followed by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it one of the toughest areas in the unlikely event's background. UConn is creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs brought in the NCAA men's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition arrived at the Dessert 16. Fires in Maui resulted in 102 fatalities in August as well as ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2015's celebration was actually played on the Educational institution of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to succeed the 2023 title.