.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending nationwide champ UConn will definitely highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after disastrous wild fires required a transfer to Honolulu.The tournament, which are going to be actually participated in Nov. 25-27, declared its own invited colleges and routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will tackle Memphis on the position day, observed through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom called it one of the best areas in case's past. UConn is actually creating its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 staffs made the NCAA men's basketball tournament in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa Condition got to the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui led to 102 fatalities in August as well as wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest shoreline. Last year's celebration was played on the University of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the isle of Oahu. Purdue beat Marquette to gain the 2023 label.