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Maui Invitational returns to isle after fires UConn covers industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for national champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after fatal wildfires required a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which are going to be participated in Nov. 25-27, announced its own welcomed schools and schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly tackle Memphis on the position day, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it among the strongest fields in the unlikely event's record. UConn is creating its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs made the NCAA guys's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition hit the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 deaths in August and wrecked the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2013's event was used the College of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to succeed the 2023 headline.