.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wildfires pushed a transfer to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, introduced its own invited institutions and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the opening time, complied with by Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it among the strongest fields in case's past history. UConn is making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs made the NCAA guys's baseball event in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State reached the Sweet 16. Fires up in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August and devastated the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shore. Last year's occasion was actually played on the Educational institution of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to win the 2023 label.