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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn tops field

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champ UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wildfires pushed a move to Honolulu.The tournament, which will definitely be played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed colleges and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely handle Memphis on the opening day, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it one of the toughest areas in the event's past. UConn is actually creating its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs created the NCAA males's basketball event in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State got to the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 deaths in August as well as wrecked the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. Last year's event was used the College of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 headline.

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