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Maui Invitational goes back to island after fires UConn covers field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after fatal wild fires pushed a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited universities as well as timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to tackle Memphis on the opening day, observed by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it one of the toughest fields in the unlikely event's past. UConn is actually creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 teams brought in the NCAA men's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa State reached the Sugary food 16. Fires up in Maui caused 102 deaths in August and ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2014's celebration was used the College of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 title.