.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champ UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wildfires required a transfer to Honolulu.The tournament, which will be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, revealed its own welcomed universities and also schedule on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely take on Memphis on the opening time, adhered to through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it one of the toughest fields in case's background. UConn is creating its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups made the NCAA males's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State got to the Dessert 16. Fires up in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August and also devastated the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. Last year's activity was used the College of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 label.