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Maui Invitational goes back to island after fires UConn covers area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually returning to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wild fires required a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed schools as well as timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will take on Memphis on the opening time, complied with through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it one of the best fields in the event's history. UConn is actually making its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups brought in the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State arrived at the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui resulted in 102 fatalities in August and also wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. In 2013's occasion was actually played on the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 headline.