.Aug twenty, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time speaking up for national champion UConn will certainly highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually coming back to the Lahaina Civic Facility a year after catastrophic wildfires forced a transfer to Honolulu.The competition, which will certainly be actually played Nov. 25-27, announced its own welcomed universities and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies will handle Memphis on the opening time, complied with through Colorado-Michigan State, Auburn-Iowa State and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament chairman Dave Odom named it among the best areas in the unlikely event's record. UConn is actually creating its own fifth Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups made the NCAA men's basketball event in March. North Carolina as well as Iowa State hit the Sweet 16. Fires in Maui triggered 102 fatalities in August and also ravaged the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. Last year's event was actually played on the University of Hawai'i grounds in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 headline.