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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn covers area

.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 actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after deadly wild fires compelled a move to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, declared its own invited colleges and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the opening time, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it one of the best fields in the unlikely event's history. UConn is actually making its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 teams created the NCAA guys's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui triggered 102 fatalities in August as well as ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. Last year's celebration was played on the University of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to win the 2023 headline.