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Maui Invitational comes back to island after fires UConn tops field

.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 returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wildfires required a move to Honolulu.The event, which will be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, announced its own welcomed schools as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will take on Memphis on the opening time, followed by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it some of the best industries in the event's past. UConn is making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups created the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina and also Iowa Condition hit the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August as well as ravaged the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2015's celebration was actually played on the College of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 title.