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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 nationwide champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after deadly wild fires required a move to Honolulu.The competition, which will be actually played Nov. 25-27, introduced its own invited universities as well as schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the position time, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it one of the strongest industries in the unlikely event's background. UConn is actually making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs brought in the NCAA males's baseball event in March. North Carolina and Iowa State hit the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August and ruined the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2015's occasion was actually played on the University of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 label.