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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn tops industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for national champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wild fires pushed a relocate to Honolulu.The tournament, which will certainly be participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited universities and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to tackle Memphis on the position day, complied with by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it one of the toughest fields in the unlikely event's past. UConn is actually creating its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 crews brought in the NCAA males's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa Condition reached the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August as well as wrecked the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. Last year's activity was actually played on the University of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 title.