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Maui Invitational returns to island after fires UConn covers area

.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after fatal wildfires obliged a relocate to Honolulu.The competition, which will be participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited institutions and routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely handle Memphis on the position day, complied with by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it some of the best areas in the event's past. UConn is making its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 teams brought in the NCAA males's baseball competition in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State hit the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August as well as ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2015's event was played on the University of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 title.