.Aug 20, 2024, 01:14 PM ETLAHAINA, Hawai'i-- Two-time defending national champ UConn will highlight the Maui Invitational, which is actually returning to the Lahaina Civic Center a year after fatal wildfires forced a move to Honolulu.The event, which will certainly be actually played Nov. 25-27, declared its own invited schools and also routine on Tuesday.The Huskies are going to take on Memphis on the opening time, observed through Colorado-Michigan Condition, Auburn-Iowa Condition and also Dayton-North Carolina.Editor's PicksTournament leader Dave Odom named it some of the strongest fields in the unlikely event's record. UConn is actually making its 5th Maui appearance.Seven of the 8 groups created the NCAA men's basketball event in March. North Carolina and also Iowa State got to the Sugary food 16. Fires in Maui caused 102 fatalities in August as well as wrecked the community of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coastline. Last year's activity was actually used the University of Hawai'i campus in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Purdue defeated Marquette to gain the 2023 title.