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Maui Invitational comes back to island after fires UConn covers industry

.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wild fires pushed a move to Honolulu.The competition, which are going to be actually played Nov. 25-27, announced its welcomed colleges and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will take on Memphis on the opening time, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it one of the toughest fields in the event's history. UConn is making its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight crews created the NCAA men's basketball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa State arrived at the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui caused 102 fatalities in August as well as wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2013's occasion was actually used the College of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 label.