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Maui Invitational comes back to isle after fires UConn covers field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wild fires pushed a move to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, declared its welcomed institutions and timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the opening day, complied with through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it some of the best areas in case's background. UConn is making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs brought in the NCAA males's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August and wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2013's occasion was actually used the University of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 headline.