.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champ UConn are going to highlight the Maui Invitational, which is going back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after deadly wild fires required a relocate to Honolulu.The competition, which are going to be played Nov. 25-27, declared its own invited universities as well as timetable on Tuesday.The Huskies will definitely take on Memphis on the opening day, observed through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it among the toughest fields in the unlikely event's history. UConn is actually making its own 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the eight teams made the NCAA men's basketball competition in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State reached the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui triggered 102 deaths in August and also devastated the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. In 2015's event was used the University of Hawai'i university in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to succeed the 2023 label.