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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn tops field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champion UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wildfires forced a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, announced its invited colleges and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the opening day, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it among the greatest areas in case's history. UConn is making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight groups created the NCAA males's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa State got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui brought about 102 fatalities in August and also ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2013's event was played on the Educational institution of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 label.