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Maui Invitational goes back to isle after fires UConn tops field

.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time standing up for national champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wildfires pushed a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which are going to be played Nov. 25-27, revealed its own invited universities as well as routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the opening day, observed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it among the best areas in the unlikely event's history. UConn is creating its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the eight staffs created the NCAA guys's baseball event in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State reached the Dessert 16. Fires in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August and also wrecked the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. Last year's event was actually used the University of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 label.