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Maui Invitational goes back to island after fires UConn tops industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for national champ UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wild fires compelled a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be actually played Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited colleges and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely tackle Memphis on the opening time, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it some of the strongest fields in case's past. UConn is making its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups brought in the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition hit the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui caused 102 fatalities in August and also ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2015's event was actually played on the College of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 label.