.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for nationwide champion UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wild fires required a transfer to Honolulu.The tournament, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its invited institutions as well as routine on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the opening time, followed through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State as well as Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it among the toughest fields in the event's past history. UConn is making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 teams created the NCAA guys's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and Iowa Condition got to the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August and also ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2013's occasion was played on the University of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to win the 2023 title.