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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 standing up for nationwide champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wild fires forced a move to Honolulu.The tournament, which are going to be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed colleges and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will take on Memphis on the position day, complied with through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it some of the best fields in the unlikely event's past history. UConn is creating its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams brought in the NCAA males's baseball tournament in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition hit the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui brought about 102 deaths in August and ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2015's event was used the College of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 label.