.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after disastrous wild fires forced a move to Honolulu.The tournament, which will be participated in Nov. 25-27, declared its invited universities as well as routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely take on Memphis on the opening time, followed by Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom called it some of the strongest fields in case's background. UConn is creating its fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups created the NCAA males's basketball competition in March. North Carolina and also Iowa Condition arrived at the Sugary food 16. Fires up in Maui resulted in 102 fatalities in August and also ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2013's occasion was actually played on the College of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to win the 2023 headline.