.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for national champ UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after catastrophic wild fires required a relocate to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be actually played Nov. 25-27, declared its own invited universities and timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will certainly tackle Memphis on the opening time, complied with through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the strongest fields in the unlikely event's record. UConn is actually making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight groups made the NCAA men's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State reached the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 fatalities in August and devastated the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. In 2013's occasion was actually used the College of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 label.