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Maui Invitational returns to isle after fires UConn covers industry

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for national champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after deadly wild fires compelled a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which are going to be participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its own invited colleges and routine on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to handle Memphis on the position day, followed through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it some of the best areas in the event's past history. UConn is actually creating its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams brought in the NCAA males's basketball event in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State reached the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August and also devastated the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2014's celebration was actually played on the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to succeed the 2023 label.