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Maui Invitational comes back to island after fires UConn tops industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wild fires forced a move to Honolulu.The competition, which will definitely be participated in Nov. 25-27, announced its welcomed universities and timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will take on Memphis on the opening time, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the strongest industries in the event's past history. UConn is making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs made the NCAA males's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa Condition hit the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui led to 102 deaths in August and ruined the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. Last year's occasion was actually played on the College of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 title.