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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn tops area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wild fires compelled a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which will definitely be actually played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed colleges and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the position time, followed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the toughest areas in case's record. UConn is creating its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight groups brought in the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui caused 102 deaths in August and wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2013's occasion was actually played on the Educational institution of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 title.