.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after fatal wildfires forced a relocate to Honolulu.The event, which will be participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited universities and also timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely handle Memphis on the opening time, adhered to by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the greatest industries in the event's past history. UConn is actually making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 crews created the NCAA guys's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State hit the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August and ravaged the city of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. In 2013's activity was actually used the Educational institution of Hawai'i school in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 headline.