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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn covers industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champion UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wild fires required a move to Honolulu.The event, which are going to be played Nov. 25-27, revealed its welcomed universities and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely tackle Memphis on the opening time, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it one of the strongest fields in the event's background. UConn is actually creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs made the NCAA males's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui caused 102 fatalities in August and devastated the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2013's activity was actually played on the University of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 headline.