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Maui Invitational comes back to island after fires UConn tops field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wildfires forced a relocate to Honolulu.The tournament, which will be played Nov. 25-27, declared its own welcomed schools and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to handle Memphis on the position day, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it among the toughest industries in the unlikely event's past history. UConn is making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 crews brought in the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa Condition arrived at the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui brought about 102 deaths in August as well as wrecked the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2015's celebration was played on the University of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 title.