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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 standing up for nationwide champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wildfires forced a relocate to Honolulu.The competition, which will be played Nov. 25-27, announced its welcomed colleges and timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will take on Memphis on the opening time, followed by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it among the best industries in the unlikely event's past history. UConn is creating its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams brought in the NCAA guys's baseball event in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State arrived at the Dessert 16. Fires in Maui brought about 102 deaths in August and also ravaged the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2014's event was used the University of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 headline.